Programming - Software Developer (Platform)
Multiple Locations: Austin, Texas, United States Toronto, Ontario, Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.
External Description:
At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as and collaborate with thousands of world-class developers across EA’s network of studios. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.
What the Platform Software Developer will do at BioWare:
You will architect, develop, publish and support web based services that power the online features for BioWare games.
Who You Are:
You are highly collaborative with experience building and automating online services and infrastructure. You are a talented, self-motivated individual with capability and drive to lead technical initiatives. You are creative, committed, and communicative. You have a strong interest in being part of a team that builds some of the best games in the industry.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to continuously improving and extending online services for a long running and successful MMO live service.
- Partner with game teams to develop and enhance features to support amazing game experiences
- Working collaboratively with the team to drive solutions that improve the developer and delivery experience while ensuring our product meets the highest standards of operational best practices
- Build cutting edge cloud native solutions on top of the public cloud.
Requirements:
- 3+ years full-time work experience in software engineering, information technology, or related domains
- Proficiency in one or more backend server languages (Python, Java, C#, golang, PHP, C++, etc..)
- Experience in popular storage systems such as relational databases, noSQL and caching
- Experience with AWS services and solution architectures
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code
- An eye for automation and instrumentation
What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.
EA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About EA At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers. We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free video games and so much more! 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. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
