The Frostbite Engine group in EA Romania is looking for a UI Tools Software Engineer for the Frostbite team in Bucharest.

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 currently focus on AI Systems, profiling tools, release systems and we just started to build the UI Systems team. The mission of the UI team is to develop tools, workflows, and runtime features that support the diverse UI needs of game teams throughout the world.

What you will do as Frostbite UI Tools software engineer:

Develop the tools, features, and pipelines necessary for game developers to build UI content, including:

Create the editors and tools that allow game teams UI designers to create in-game UI elements that leverage the full power of Frostbite’s UI runtime stack
Develop quality and efficient workflows to accelerate the game teams’ productivity when designing in-game UI (layout creation, element creation, element animation, input processing)
Develop new features and enhancements to Frostbite’s editor framework, to be used across EA
Become involved in development and design of runtime UI stack features
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

We’re looking for:

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
Proven Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML-based UI design experience
Working C++ programming skills are a big plus
Experience the UI domain and in tool development (not strictly web development)
Exposure to developing tools technology for 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
Multithreaded programming and debugging experience is a plus

…and, in general, the potential to sweep us off our feet!

What’s in it for you?

Work in an environment with a flexible schedule and a great culture
Make friends among smart and fun people
Learn a massive amount of knowledge, skill sets and professional software development practices
Participate in worldwide gaming-related events and conferences
Have your name on the credits of the triple-A games based on Frostbite
Have dedicated time allocated for innovation and prototyping personal projects
Define personal development goals and be supported to achieve them
Opportunity to travel to worldwide EA studios locations to collaborate with game and engine teams
Comprehensive health and benefit packages
Of course, free video games.

And since we realize it takes outstanding people to make outstanding games, we offer great compensation and benefits packages and a culture that values creativity and individuality.

Who WE are?

We are EA Romania … and we make games – how thrilling is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry.

Are you ready to join the game?