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Systems Software Engineer - College Football
EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, FIFA soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.
As a Systems Software Engineer, you will help push our primary systems and shared engine into the future. Our systems engineers maintain a broad view of the game and engine systems and look for ways to improve performance, utility, and capabilities to our players and workflow enhancements to our development team. We are looking for passionate engineers who enjoy prototyping and planning, collaborating with other engineers, and building systems (often applying other systems), workflows, and capabilities that allow us to work smarter and more efficiently to bring substantial improvements to our game.
Your Responsibilities
You will work with design and other engineers to provide feedback and then create clear and estimable technical designs.
You provide tested and high-quality technical implementations that meet requirements.
You have awareness of how technical implementation impacts performance and memory budgets.
You look for ways to increase team efficiency through tooling or workflow enhancements.
You contribute to core EA technologies in an architecturally sound way to promote collaborative development efforts.
Your Qualifications
3+ years of professional software development experience with C++ language, best practices, and architectural considerations.
Passion for the development craft and shows interest in systems level work.
Communicate well with non-technical partners, such as Artists, Designers, and Producers.
Experience with parallel programming considerations, resource management, and hardware architecture.
Experience in engine development.
Understanding of x86 assembly.
Experience with performance and memory profiling tools.
Experience in embedded systems.
Experience in job-based architectures.
US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.
BASE SALARY RANGES
California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
$106,900 - $158,600
New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
$94,450 - $158,600
New Jersey (depending on location e.g. Jersey City vs. Trenton):
$94,450 - $158,600
Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
$94,450 - $133,100
Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
$94,450 - $159,250
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
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. 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.
