Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Role ID

215641

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

EA Studios - SPORTS

Work Model

Hybrid

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

EA SPORTS™ is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

As one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS™ FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.

With more opportunity than ever to design, innovate, and create new, immersive experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and connection to fans everywhere, we invite you to join our passionate and dynamic team as we pioneer the future of football fandom.

Reporting to the Senior Data Science Manager, we are seeking a Data Engineer to implement and maintain high-impact, end-to-end data pipelines that deliver actionable business insights. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will support the bridge between technical engineering and strategic business objectives. The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic environment, balancing hands-on development with collaborative execution. You will be responsible for implementing robust data models, maintaining scalable infrastructure, and collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into resilient, high-performance data solutions.

Your Responsibilities:

Data Modeling & Implementation: Design and implement robust, scalable data models that support complex analytical requirements and future business growth.
End-to-End Pipeline Ownership: Own the entire data lifecycle, from initial requirement gathering to the deployment and maintenance of high-performance, resilient ETL/ELT pipelines and data processing workflows.
Technical Strategy & Execution: Address sophisticated data engineering challenges including data ingestion, storage strategies, and reliability by building modular, maintainable, and highly available systems.
System Maintenance & Scalability: Oversee the deployment and optimization of batch and real-time processing frameworks, ensuring data quality, performance tuning, and robust alerting mechanisms.
Collaborative Communication: Work across technical and business teams to communicate technical designs and project constraints, ensuring alignment on data initiatives and the delivery of high-quality pipelines.

Your Qualifications

We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer with 2-4+ years of relevant experience, demonstrating a strong technical engineering foundation and a focus on reliable data delivery.

Advanced Database Systems: Deep technical proficiency in architecting, managing, and optimizing high-performance SQL and No-SQL database environments.
Big Data Ecosystem Expertise: Extensive experience building and operating distributed systems leveraging technologies such as Trino, Spark, and Kafka.
Software Engineering Excellence: Advanced programming skills in Python, C#, or Scala, with a dedicated focus on developing clean, modular, and production-grade code.
Cloud Infrastructure & Scaling: Hands-on experience deploying and scaling data infrastructure within cloud environments, with a strong preference for AWS.
Resilient Pipeline Orchestration: Proven ability to engineer and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows using industry-standard tools like Airflow.
AI/BI & Data Governance: Experience delivering AI-driven insights and self-service intelligence via Alation AI, Databricks AI/BI, or similar services, while championing data cataloging and governance to ensure high-quality, actionable data.

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$104,500 - $142,800 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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.

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