Software Engineer

We span four continents, bringing together diverse individuals passionate about their craft from across the globe. We partner in every development phase while improving our expertise to create even greater experiences for players. C&D participates in creating some of the most beloved games and supporting our ongoing live services. Through cutting-edge technology, data-driven insights, and state-of-the-art practices, we drive quality and directly impact players. We are a learning organization, sharing collaboratively and exploring innovative ways to solve challenges in creating amazing games for millions of players worldwide.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Development Release Engineer is part of a centralized team (DRE). We manage DevOps across EA. You will provide important end-to-end Continuous Integration/Deployment services to several game titles within EA across a variety of platforms. You will ensure the systems are running smoothly, gather requirements, provide feedback, and manage configuration management and development build/test automation infrastructure solutions. You will report to the Engineering Manager for the DRE Football team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• We maintain scripts and software to build games

• We maintain virtualized automation farms, find and address issues

• Monitor metrics to improve automation systems

• Maintain tools, integrations, and technologies to support a reliable release environment

• Report regular status on assigned tasks and identify project risks

Experience REQUIRED:

• 3+ years Software development experience

• Proficiency in a prominent programming language like Python, Java, Groovy, C#, or Powershell

Beneficial Background:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

• Experience initiating and maintaining Jenkins instances

• Experience writing Jenkinsfiles with Groovy

• Experience with parts of our DevOps tool chain – Source Control (Git, Perforce, SVN), Chef, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Nomad, or Consul

• Experience with a non-relational / noSQL database such as Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or DynamoDB

• Experience with art pipelines

• Experience with distributed build systems

• Experience with large-scale, high-availability, high-throughput automation systems

• Knowledge in gaming consoles

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.