Electronic Arts is the leading interactive entertainment company, powered by innovative technology. We create incredible experiences for millions of players around the world. But what matters most is our people who inspire us, and the world, to play. As we bring new forms of entertainment to people around the world, we need creative, collaborative, diverse and adaptable people to keep making Electronic Arts better.
Position Overview The latest generation of consoles and growth of broadband internet connectivity has changed the way people play games. Where gaming used to be a more solitary experience it has now become expected for most games to include a significant online experience. People are playing cooperatively with or competitively against other gamers from all over the world, climbing leaderboards, joining clans, sharing content, comparing stats, and showing off achievements. FIFA Ultimate team (FUT) is the most popular mode in FIFA generating billions of requests per day. The FUT transfer market handles tens of thousands of searches per second. Our application servers can handle tens of thousands of requests per second per server instance all of which is contained on 1000's of servers within the infrastructure.
Technical Qualifications
Java API programming experience
Working knowledge of SQL in general, MySQL preferred
Experience using Eclipse or IntelliJ IDE
Experienced in at least one source control system and comfortable with managing development across multiple lines, Perforce experience a plus.
Client/Server development
Additional Qualifications:
Experience with JSON and building REST APIs
Experience with Scripting languages
JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity)
Experience with Maven
Service oriented architectures
About EA
We exist to inspire the world to play. Through innovative technology and immersive storytelling, we deliver new ways of experiencing worlds of interactive entertainment for our millions of players worldwide. Our strength lies in the diversity of our people, combining creativity, innovation and passion. We fully champion inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for growing, learning, and leading that allows for the most impactful and rewarding work of our teams’ careers.
We put our people first, and we make sure they’re taken care of both in and out of the office. As we reflect on our learnings and successes from remote work, we aim to provide dynamic, collaborative and flexible work environments for our teams. Our employees connect through our Employee Resource Groups, which are actively involved in driving business decisions every step of the way. But our support doesn’t end at the workplace—we also encourage a balanced lifestyle with paid time off and new parent leave, free video games, fitness reimbursement and more.
Our goal is to provide a safe, respectful and inspiring workplace for all of our employees. Through our diversity, equity, inclusion and social responsibility programs, we’re doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community. We’re looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers—people that are ready to move the needle and build on our success. As our industry accelerates, we aren’t just keeping up—we’re staying ahead of the game.
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.
