Central Technology is the force multiplier, accelerating creative opportunity and progress at EA. We're a world-class community of technologists, innovators, strategists, and orchestrators transforming interactive entertainment. Together, we power the platforms, AI-driven tools, live services, and infrastructure that ensure global scale, secure player experiences, and unlock bold new possibilities.

Infrastructure & Platform Services (IPS) builds and runs the technology foundation for EA's games. Our teams deliver the live services and backend infrastructure that are used to ship, scale, and operate secure, reliable game experiences for millions of players worldwide.

Within this broader organization, the Marketplace Team is growing our new cross-game, cross-platform digital economy platform. This large-scale, always-on collection of Java/Kotlin and GO based services will power EA's network of games. These virtual economies are experienced by tens of millions of monthly active users.

As a Sr. Software Engineer I, you will champion best practices within the engineering team and serve as a mentor to the team.

You will report to the Sr. Engineering Director.

Responsibilities:

You will lead the technical design and architecture of major components in our large-scale distributed backend service, creating new features and updating existing ones
You will build server-side systems that deliver new functionality within the larger Digital Platform.
You will work with product managers to reduce technical debt associated with legacy systems through innovation and automation.
You will work with customers and business leaders to understand customer needs and deliver incrementally on their highest priority features and requirements.
You will spend 40-60% of your time hands-on coding.

Qualifications:

9+ years of experience in software engineering
Expertise in Java, Golang, and Kafka
6+ years of experience working on online services (HTTP via REST) at Internet consumer scale
6+ years of experience working with technologies like AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
Expertise with the Software design / architecture process
Experience with DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Agile development
Experience working on high traffic services and highly scalable systems (>2 million DAU, hundreds of thousands requests per second)
Technical leadership or mentorship experience
Experience with technologies such as memcache, queuing, and NoSQL in production systems and other OSS tech

Bonus:

Experience with Maven/Gradle
Experience with load testing and system analysis
Experience with other languages such as C++ or C#
Some experience leading or guiding engineers
Experience working with remote teams
Domain experience in economics, commerce, and/or fraud area

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$141,400 - $204,400 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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.

Senior Software Engineer - Marketplace