Software Engineer II

Electronic Arts is seeking a Software Engineer II to join the EAX Quality Verification Engineering and Solutions Team (QVEST) in Vancouver. This hybrid role involves designing and improving reliable tools, tests, and platforms in an Agile Scrum environment, developing scalable infrastructure, and creating tools to support testing and development. The engineer will contribute to EA's network strategy, connecting players across platforms, and work with modern technologies to release world-class solutions.

Must Have

• Work with development and quality verification teams in an Agile Scrum environment
• Design and improve reliable tools, tests, and platforms
• Develop scalable and resilient supporting infrastructure
• Develop tools and systems to support testing or development
• Test own work and provide reliable, defect-free code
• Help set the technical direction of the team
• Facilitate productivity improvements to engineering workflows
• 4+ years backend service development with JavaScript or C#
• 4+ years of working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and relational databases such as MySQL and MSSQL
• Experience with building RESTful APIs with .Net Core and Node.js
• Good understanding of software development life cycle, software engineering methodologies, and software quality assurance concepts and technologies
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab or Jenkins
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Perks & Benefits

• 3 weeks per year vacation to start
• 10 days per year of sick time
• Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Bonus and equity (for certain roles)
• Holistic approach to benefits programs emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness
• Healthcare coverage
• Mental well-being support
• Paid time off
• Family leaves
• Complimentary games

Description & Requirements

As part of the EAX Quality Verification Engineering and Solutions Team (QVEST), you will be part of the EAX team that guides the strategy and implementation of EA's network helping EA's community of players connect to one another and to the games they love to play.

Our work includes aspects of EA Connect; in-game experiences and strategies to connect players across platforms; the EA App; and a host of other consumer experiences and strategies. You will work with some of the most modern technologies on the market today while supporting the development and test automation teams in their efforts to release world-class solutions.

The Software Engineer will report to the Software Engineer III.

Responsibilities:

• Work with development and quality verification teams in an Agile Scrum environment to design and improve reliable tools, tests, and platforms
• Develop supporting infrastructure that is scalable and resilient
• Develop tools and systems to support testing or development
• Test your own work and provide reliable, defect-free code that instils confidence in the automation suite.
• Help set the technical direction of the team and facilitate productivity improvements to our engineering workflows

Qualifications:

• 4+ years backend service development with JavaScript or C#
• 4+ years of working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and relational databases such as MySQL and MSSQL
• Experienced with building RESTful APIs with .Net Core and Node.js
• Good understanding of software development life cycle, software engineering methodologies, and software quality assurance concepts and technologies
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab or Jenkins
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)