Backend Software Engineer II - Gameplay Services

The EA Digital Platform (EADP) group is the core powering the global EA ecosystem. We provide the foundation for all of EA’s incredible games and player experiences with high-level platforms like Cloud, Commerce, Data and AI, Gameplay Services, Identity and Social. By providing reusable capabilities that game teams can easily integrate into their work, we let them focus on making some of the best games in the world and creating meaningful relationships with our players. We’re behind the curtain, making it all work together. Come power the future of play with us.

The Challenge Ahead:

The Gameplay Services Team develops services and SDKs in collaboration with EA's game studios for matchmaking, stats and leaderboards, achievements, game replays, VOIP, and game networking. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will build scalable, distributed server-side systems that provide functionality to our millions of customers and work on creative improvements to keep our systems at top-notch performance. You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities:

• You will design brand new services covering all aspects from storage to application logic to management console.
• You will enhance and add features to existing systems.
• You will research and select new best-of-breed technologies to meet challenging requirements.
• You will communicate with engineers from across the company to deliver the next generation of online features for both established and not-yet-released games.
• You will optimize performance and scalability of server systems.
• You will be a part of the full product cycle for our products, from design and testing to deployment and supporting our LIVE environments and our game team customers.
• You will work with product managers to improve new features to support EA's business.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years hands-on experience Java/Kotlin and Microservices.
• Expertise with relational or NoSQL database.
• Experience with all phases of product development lifecycle, including requirement definition, development, test, and product release.
• Experience with stress-testing and performance-tuning and optimization.
• Debugging and optimization experience in a multi-threaded environment.
• Experience troubleshooting and mitigating issues in live environments.

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