// Open Role at Electronic Arts
Lead the online engineering team for EA SPORTS FC, driving technical execution, mentoring engineers, and building large-scale, real-time online systems for one of the world's largest sports franchises.
Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Role ID
214269
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 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 EA SPORTS FC™, Madden NFL, NHL®, and UFC.
EA SPORTS FC represents the future of football entertainment, connecting millions of players around the world through innovative gameplay and online experiences. Join us as we continue building the world's largest interactive football platform.
The Online Software Engineer will help build networked game experiences for EA Sports titles. We are looking for engineers who enjoy prototyping, planning, implementing, and maintaining amazing new features and technology for the biggest sports video game franchise in the world, EA SPORTS FC. This role is ideal for an experienced C++ engineer who enjoys solving challenging real-time systems problems, mentoring engineers, and leading technical execution without being the primary architect for the organization. You will report to the Development Director and work with the Technical Lead to estimate, build and improve projects. You will be focused on delivering excellent game experiences through efficient and effective code, from the customer-facing experience through to the backend services that power those experiences.
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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) *$141,400 - $204,400 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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LinkedInID
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience. 10+ years of professional software engineering experience. Extensive professional experience developing high-performance C++ applications. Experience developing large-scale real-time software systems. Experience building multiplayer, networking, online, or distributed systems. Experience leading technical execution for engineering teams, including mentoring engineers, reviewing technical designs, and driving engineering best practices. Previous experience managing or mentoring engineers, including direct management experience or demonstrated technical leadership. Strong understanding of Modern C++, Multithreading and concurrency, Client/server architecture, Networking fundamentals, Performance optimization, Debugging complex systems. Experience collaborating with backend service teams and integrating cloud-based services into large software systems. Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering, production, QA, design, and technical leadership.