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The Challenge Ahead

Frostbite is EA’s state-of-the-art multi-platform game development engine, powering games such as Battlefield, FIFA, Madden, Plants vs. Zombies, Need For Speed, Anthem, and Star Wars Battlefront II.

We want to “empower game creators to shape the future of gaming” and we achieve this by developing creative engine features and outstanding tools. Our team of experienced engineers are dedicated to building creative technology and working with the game teams across EA to ship amazing games. We are located across North America (Vancouver, Edmonton, Orlando, Montreal) and Europe (Guildford, Stockholm, Bucharest).

The worldwide Frostbite team works on outstanding AI, rendering, animation, physics and other essential engine features used across EA games.

The Frostbite team in Bucharest is a growing team that plays an important role in the game engine that EA has developed to empower game makers in the company. We focus on building Artificial Intelligence tools and features for the engine that directly guide gameplay improvement in EA’s franchises such as FIFA, Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront.

We are looking for passionate, motivated and experienced Software Engineers to join our elite team in Frostbite based in Bucharest. Reporting to Sr. Engineering Manager, you'll work as part of an enthusiastic team, directly engaged with game studios and other Frostbite teams around the globe to achieve outstanding innovation and performance on PC, the latest console and mobile platforms. You will get the chance to grow your experience as well the opportunity to travel to other EA locations and work directly with studios around the globe.

For candidates with the right mix of technical experience and collaborative abilities, Frostbite provides a stimulating work environment where you can tackle exciting and rewarding projects that make impact on the games enjoyed by millions.

Frostbite UI Mission

To develop tools, workflows, and runtime features that support the diverse UI needs of game teams throughout the world.

Responsibilities

  • Develop the tools, features, and pipelines necessary for game developers to build UI content, including:
  • Create layouts that work on multiple platforms and aspect ratios
  • Animate UI content in response to game state or user actions
  • Manage and processing user input across a variety of input devices
  • Bound and display game data within the UI
  • Gather requirements from game team developers and write technical design specifications for implementing each new feature
  • Build sample content, clear documentation, and training materials for game team UI developers
  • Provide support to game team UI developers by addressing any bugs or issues and coordinating cooperative development of essential features

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or Software Engineering or equivalent
  • Object-oriented programming experience and good understanding of OO design principles
  • Strong C++ programming skills
  • Experience the UI domain and in tool development (not strictly web development)
  • Familiarity with UI technologies such as WPF, Qt, Flash, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Preference for experience developing AAA titles for the latest Microsoft or Sony consoles
  • Build features, put together technical proposals and software estimates, and bring features to completion
  • Quickly resolve issues in familiar and unfamiliar code
  • Knowledge of agile/scrum processes
  • C# and WPF experience is a plus
  • Multithreaded programming and debugging experience is a plus

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