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.
EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and connecting millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players.
The Online Software Engineer will help build networked gameplay experiences for EA Sports titles. We are looking for engineers who enjoy prototyping and planning, adding amazing new features to an existing and beloved game, and improving existing code. You will report to the Operations Development Director and Technical Lead to estimate, build projects and provide excellent results.
Responsibilities:
Develop technical solutions for online game features.
Work with a proprietary engine to develop stable, scalable, efficient, and shareable code.
Look for ways to increase team efficiency through tooling or workflow enhancements.
Awareness of how technical implementation impacts our performance and memory budgets.
Iterate and design improvements to live systems and workflows
Work with 3rd party and internal software APIs.
Qualifications:
3+ years of experience in C++ software development.
Experience with Client/Server, Peer-to-Peer, and multi-threaded architectures.
Knowledge of modern database technologies.
Knowledge of networking protocols.
Knowledge of good software programming practices.
Experience with 3rd party APIs.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
Nice to have:
2+ years of experience working on Microsoft, and Sony game consoles.
Experience of real-time game networking.
Experience with Linux.
Experience with Visual Studio and deep knowledge of the debugging tools.
Experience with source control systems will come in handy.
Experience with scripting languages (Python, Lua) and interpreted languages (C#).
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.
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