Software Engineer II

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

The Server Engineer will report to the Technical Director.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and run a fast, scalable, highly available game service all the way from conception to delivery to live service operations
• Work with designers, client engineering, and production teams to achieve gameplay goals
• Implement security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating
• Create and run automated testing, readiness testing, and deployment plans
• Monitor the performance and costs of the server infrastructure to improve our game
• Design and implement data transformation layers using Java/Spring/AWS/Protobuf
• Collaborate with game server and web frontend teams to define API contracts
• Manage Release Ops / Live Ops of web services

Qualifications:

We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialogue to be considered.

• 4+ years development of scalable back-end services
• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency in PHP, Java
• Experience with Cloud services like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with Redis
• Experience with Database Design and usage of large datasets in both relational (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (Couchbase, DynamoDB) environments
• Experience defining API contracts and collaborating with cross-functional teams

Bonus:

• 3+ years of experience developing games using cloud services like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or similar
• Proficient in technical planning, solution research, proposal, and implementation
• Background using metrics and analytics to determine the quality or priority
• Comfortable working across client and server codebases
• Familiar with profiling, optimising, and debugging scalable data systems
• Passion for making and playing games