Backend Software Engineer, Electronic Arts
The Sims
CA$77.6-130.5k
Video game company
Job no longer available
Video game company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$77.6-130.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire the world to play, by creating games and experiences for the global player community that are a reflection of our diverse world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of job experience in a hands on coding role
- You've shipped and supported scalable web services hosted in the cloud
- You own large systems and features from design to deployment, including live service support
- You develop high-quality, testable software
- You have a desire to work with client engineers and designers to iteratively add features and improve APIs
- You develop APIs for products that release new updates with zero downtime strategies and tools
- You have experience with load testing, troubleshooting, and optimizing the performance of web services
- You work on software that requires developing and optimizing queries and database access patterns
- You're willing to iterate quickly and develop multiple short-lived prototypes
Desirable
- You have experience developing services that support mobile applications
- You've worked in the games industry before
- You've built software with Java or Kotlin
- You've shipped services using the Spring Framework
- You've worked on large teams using version control
- You have experience with Linux system administration, DevOps and/or CI/CD pipelines
- You have experience with AWS services like EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Route53
- You have experience working in large data-driven services
What the job involves
- We're looking for a software engineer to work on cloud web services to help us bring exciting new features to life
- In this role, you will be part of a small team responsible for supporting legacy Maxis titles
- You will work with an experienced team that has collectively built Maxis games for more than two decades
- You will report to a Development Director for the backend services team and your work will be in Java, Spring, Linux/Bash, and deployed to cloud platforms
- Develop responsive, resilient, massively scalable, and globally available web services that support millions of players
- Creatively blend security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating
- Apply and improve service deployment and troubleshooting strategies that maximize uptime
- Drive design and implementation of APIs and protocols that are consistent, formalized, and testable
- Demonstrate excellent technical problem-solving skills under iteratively changing requirements during game development
- Author and review technical design documents and API specifications detailing software requirements
- Maintain a suite of automated tests that validate the correctness of backend services
Our take
EA is a leading global game company, responsible for developing and publishing some of the biggest games of the last 20 years. Its publishing successes include giants like The Sims, Battlefield, and Mass Effect, while EA's titles, such as Fifa, Madden, and NBA Live, have also seen market-leading success.
A series of acquisitions in 2021 marked EA's push into mobile gaming, which has become the driving force behind the rapid growth of the global video gaming market, and has remained a clear focus for the company, despite the cancellation of its popular Apex Legends Mobile game. The company also expressed interest in NFTs and "play-to-earn" games, going so far as to label them "the future of the industry", but has since taken steps to distance itself from the idea, as it proved unpopular with gamers.
This combined model of publishing and development has allowed EA to put its name to a huge range of products, making the brand iconic in the gaming world. It has formed major partnerships with the likes of Disney, giving it full control of creating in-demand games, such as within the Star Wars franchise. In the upcoming years, the company plans to focus on games-as-a-service, as it embraces the evolution of the gaming world.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 1982
$2m
SERIES A
May 1982
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Andrew Wilson
(CEO, not founder)Joined EA as Vice President and Executive Producer in 2000, and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO.
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