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.
SERVER ENGINEER RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design and implement new systems and pipelines
Maintain existing codebase with other team members
Be a highly technical, hands-on coder, tackle new challenges that arise during development
Ensure agile, test-driven development, meeting quality requirements on time
Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
Coordinate geographically distributed teams.
Provide direction and assistance to the entire team in areas related to client-server development
Adhere to development standards and practices related to server engineering.
Produce and maintain design documentation and run books related to service operation
Stay abreast of new developments and technologies related to building scalable game servers.
Contribute to the studio’s on-going technological growth in building and operating evergreen titles
Review and report on competing products from a technological perspective
Work closely with technical leader
ship in identifying and planning engineering strategy.
Be a notably strong team member.
REQUIREMENTS:
Proven ability to develop and ship high quality software products
Excellent Java programming skills including multi-threaded server programming, data-structures, algorithms and NoSQL databases
Knowledge on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Experience with Java EE engineering practices and frameworks
Experience with React JS or Angular
Experience building highly scalable, highly available back-end services
Familiarity with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or DynamoDB
Familiarity with caching technologies such as Memcached or Redis
Experience with continuous integration and deployment
Experience with Agile development methodologies
Experience with test automation and test-driven development practices
Comfortable operating at all layers of the stack, from client to server
Demonstrably strong practical knowledge of traditional computer science principles
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills Strong believer in test-driven development
NICE TO HAVES:
HTML & Javascript (React framework )
Experience with GoLang / Python
Knowledge of Linux
Experience on live systems.
Experience configuring and using Perforce, TeamCity, Crucible, and JIRA
Experience with Google Cloud Service
Experience with IAP validation, Ad validation
Working knowledge of A/B testing engine
Working knowledge of Machine Learning
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.
