Software Engineer II

Software Engineer role within EA Sports Quality Verification Engineering (QVE) team is responsible for collaborating with EA's QA and Development teams to identify and create tools, automation solutions, scripts, and technical testing strategies. The team you will work in is responsible for in-game experiences, which develops features used by multiple game teams. One example is our cross-platform social overlay, recently released in FC 24. This role plays an important part in ensuring a seamless consumer experience by focusing on upstream quality and targeting defect prevention and containment. You will work to identify testing technologies, work on designing and implementing automation framework, scripts and tooling to help with testing products across pc, gaming consoles and mobile platforms.

Primary Responsibilities

Automate software testing and develop related tooling:
• Work with Dev and QA partners to identify areas of quality improvement using testing tools and automation strategies.
• Design, develop, and deploy internal software tools to support quality of products.
• Build, test, and deploy automation solutions and scripts targeting pc, gaming consoles and mobile platforms.
• Provide debugging support and technical expertise to other engineers on our teams.
• Monitor and support CI / CD pipelines, analyze and report test results and work on continuously improving efficiency and stability of tests.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions to increase knowledge of existing tools, automation and testing processes within the team.
• Perform risk analysis of new features – identify impact and scope.
• Assist with prioritizing bug fixing efforts and identifying areas of test focus.
• Perform and support white box testing.

Partner with QA project management to:
• Proactively contribute to the test and technology strategies of the QA group.
• Escalate risks and recommend upstream tools, automation, and processes.
• Proactively analyze metrics, trends and processes to provide meaningful information with sound reasoning.

Qualifications
• 5+ years of professional experience with a focus on concepts and language varieties. Experience with JavaScript, Typescript, C#, Java, and/or other comparative programming languages.
• Deep JavaScript knowledge and experience is a key requirement for this role. Good experience with Object Oriented programming and knowledge of data structures and design patterns is desirable.
• Experience working with services and backend using REST / GraphQL / postgres / mysql / mongodb or similar technologies.
• Experience working with cloud services like azure / AWS is a plus.
• Good knowledge of React / other front-end frameworks and automate applications using those frameworks.
• Working knowledge of test methodologies, processes, and toolsets (Selenium Grid, Appium, Postman, Test management tool: Qmetry, Test issue tracking: JIRA or similar tools).
• Understanding of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) practices (GitLab, Jenkins). Experience working with docker and Kubernetes is desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, software engineering methodologies and practices, and their application to both development and QA.
• Excellent understanding of software quality assurance concepts, debugging processes and procedures.
• Experience approaching a problem from different angles and analyzing pros and cons of different solutions.
• Experience experimenting with new approaches and learning from failures to improve technical solutions, processes and results.