Data Engineer

Requisition Number: 184641

Position Title: Software Engineer III

External Description:

At our core, Electronic Arts is a game maker that connects hundreds of millions of players from around the globe to some of the world's greatest games. The EAX team is driving the strategy and implementation of essential projects for EA's community of players to connect them to the games they love to play. These projects span the digital touchpoints where players use the EA Network, including EA's gaming service on PC through the new EA Desktop application; the EA Play subscription program on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam; EA.com's corporate, marketing and player engagement activations, and a host of other consumer experiences and strategies to connect players across platforms and within our games.

 

As a Data Architect, you will be instrumental in moulding EAX’s data solutions, including structure, validation, documentation, storage, and retrieval. Partnering with product owners, designers, DDs, QV, and other engineers, you will design unified data models that support the current needs of our games and are extendable to future needs.  In this role, you will strongly impact EAX’s core business, influencing how data is structured, stored, retrieved and applied. As part of the broader software engineering discipline, you report to a Lead Software Engineer on the EAX team.

 

Joining EAX means you will shape EA’s online presence; evolve subscription services that span three significant platforms; build consumer experiences that power EA's games and promote more personalized, socially connected experiences; and expand our platforms across web, PC, mobile, the cloud and beyond so our players can get into the games they want to play and stay connected while playing. We like to say that "we see farther," and are committed to driving innovation to meet player needs today and in the future.

 

You're someone with a proven track record who:

• Has experience working with distributed systems and large-scale data infrastructure
• Is excited about improving the player experience by simplifying large, complex data sets that power player-facing apps
• Seeks opportunities to improve the employee experience for engineers and content authors
• Has designed or supported data schemas and data validation workflows
• Is experienced in developing and maintaining data management systems and workflows
• Has experience writing comparison scripts and tools

 

You also bring the following skills or experiences to our team:

• Experience with high-scale e-commerce
• Experience in data migration from legacy systems
• An interest in gaming or digital platforms and digital distribution strategies
• Skilled in gathering and analyzing system requirements, identifying gaps, and proposing practical solutions while ensuring alignment with business goals
• Experienced in managing, querying, and analyzing structured and unstructured databases
• Strong understanding of various database types (relational, graph, document) and APIs

 

In a typical week, the Data Architect may...

• Collaborate with engineering and publishing teams to understand and improve workflows
• Contribute to normalizing data models, systems and apps to meet reliability, performance and compliance needs
• Review and provide feedback on data modeling opportunities supporting a new ecommerce feature
• Collaborate with external teams to continuously update and align a data strategy

 

You’ll build relationships and work with…

• Other members of the EAX organization to provide engineering support and feedback
• EA staff who publish content and games to EA apps
• Game development teams for support, feature requests and distribution platform feature integration

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BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):
º $115,100 - $161,200 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. "

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 60

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.