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Software Engineer - Performance, Client
Team Overview
At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We bring great entertainment to people around the world and deliver new games, new experiences, and new ways to play. Prism Lifestyle Games group is EA Mobile's collection of games that let players “shape life through your lens.” Prism Lifestyle Games is a collection of mobile games that touch tens of millions of players each month, including Design Home, Covet Fashion, Sims Freeplay, and the Sims Mobile.
On Design Home, we are excited to develop new ways for players to enjoy fashion and interior design. Not only are we changing how women game, we're also changing how they discover and shop for everything from clothing to shoes, or furniture to home decor. As a team, we are passionate not only about creating fun and engaging games for women but enriching lives outside of the game.
Role Overview:
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Client Engineering team and play a critical role in supporting our hit mobile game - Design Home. Work alongside the client team to ensure optimal performance and stability of the game. Bring joy to millions of players by contributing to and supporting the development of major gameplay features. Promote and contribute to a team culture that champions teamwork, ownership, accountability, and technical excellence.
Responsibilities
Work closely with other engineers to diagnose and root cause performance and stability issues to provide the best possible experience for our players.
Help define and maintain KPI metrics to track trends in game stability and performance.
Work with game design, production, and the client engineering team to help build and support exciting new game features.
Collaborate with other engineers to build and maintain a clean and robust codebase by contributing to code reviews and refactoring efforts.
Produce reliable estimates for tasks, and be able to propose alternatives to save on implementation time.
Work with backend engineers to implement and debug basic network features throughout the client codebase.
Contribute to and uphold good production processes and coding practices.
Requirements:
3+ years of professional Unity experience.
Hands-on experience and a passion for optimizing Unity applications for performance.
Prior experience writing SQL queries.
Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively across multiple disciplines.
Self-motivated, resourceful, and capable of solving problems with limited support.
A drive to develop leadership skills and contribute to the development of others.
Ability to reliably ship high quality, bug-free code with little to no guidance
Expertise with OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
Good problem solving skills, flexibility, and ability to multitask.
Bonuses:
Professional experience working on large teams.
Hands-on experience with Unity Asset Bundle and web request APIs.
Experience with native platform development.
Experience with shaders.
Professional experience with full-stack development.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. EA is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences to ensure a diverse and inclusive workplace.
About Electronic Arts
Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.
We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.
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. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
