Job Summary

Electronic Arts is seeking a talented Software Engineer I to join our Online Backend team. As a key member of our team, you will design and implement scalable, distributed backend systems that power our matchmaking, integrated in EA's biggest titles and enjoyed by millions of players worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Design brand new services covering all aspects from storage to application logic to management console
• Enhance and add features to existing systems
• Communicate with engineers from across the company to deliver the next generation of online features for both established and not-yet-released games
• Aim to optimize performance and scalability of server systems
• Be a part of the full product cycle for our products, from design and testing to deployment and supporting our LIVE environments and our game team customers
• Maintain a suite of automated tests that validate the correctness of backend services
• Build and maintain a build system
• Advocate for best practices within the engineering team
• Work with product managers to improve new features to support EA's business

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• Experience in software development with Go, C#, or C++
• Solid computer science background including algorithm and data structure usage
• Experience with cloud computing products such as AWS EC2
• Experience with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Experience with relational or NoSQL database
• Adept at solving complex technical problems
• Strong sense of collaboration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Jenkins and Groovy
• Experience with Ansible
• Knowledge of Google gRPC and protobuf
• Experience with high traffic services and highly scalable, distributed systems
• Knowledge of scalable data storage and processing technologies such as Cassandra, Apache Spark, and AWS S3
• Experience with stress testing plus performance tuning and optimization
• Experience working within the games industries

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.

Benefits

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.

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We're looking for a Software Engineer I to join our team in Hyderabad. As a Software Engineer I, you will collaborate with product owners and senior engineers to develop solutions that enhance the player experience. You will build and maintain Java applications and backend APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture. You will also develop responsive frontend interfaces using Next.js/React with backend service integrations.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product owners and senior engineers to develop solutions that enhance the player experience
• Build and maintain Java applications and backend APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture
• Develop responsive frontend interfaces using Next.js/React with backend service integrations
• Learn and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2, EKS)
• Write clean, well-tested code following team coding standards and best practices
• Participate in code reviews to learn from peers and improve code quality
• Leverage modern development tools including AI-assisted coding to enhance productivity
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and architects in a supportive team environment
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to sprint planning, and work through backlogs

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of professional experience in Java
• Solid understanding of Core Java fundamentals (OOP, Collections, Exception Handling, Multithreading basics)
• Familiarity with Spring Boot and RESTful API concepts
• Basic understanding of Microservices architecture principles
• Experience with at least one modern frontend framework: React, Next.js
• Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and HTML/CSS
• Familiarity with CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap
• Basic understanding of SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ability to write queries
• Exposure to NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB) is a plus
• Understanding of unit testing concepts using JUnit and Mockito
• Willingness to learn and adopt testing best practices
• Quick learner with the ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• Family leaves
• Complimentary games
• And more

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We are EA

Electronic Arts is more than you’ve ever realized. We’re more than a company, or a headline, or even a clever catchphrase – we’re a vibrant community of over 9,800 artists, storytellers, technologists and innovators working toward a shared vision: to inspire and unite through play.

This is an especially great time for the video game industry, as we’re currently going through an exciting digital transformation. The global gaming audience has also never been bigger, with industry revenue projected to reach $295.6 billion by 2026.

The Challenge Ahead:

EA’s Digital Platform (EADP) organization is responsible for driving critical technology decisions and investments for EA on a global basis, across all divisions and studio teams. Technology and engineering leadership at EA is critical to making the industry’s best games and services and the EADP team is leading the way to providing cross-platform infrastructure that will keep our consumers connected with our games anytime, anywhere with anyone.

Software Engineer – I, Player & Developer Experience (PDE) - EA Digital Platform (EADP)

• Provide technical leadership and be part of the technology team that designs and develops the application platforms and tools which provides best player and developer experience.
• Own the core system quality attributes relating to product architecture, such as performance, scalability, security, availability, reliability etc.
• Collaborate with Product management and game teams to understand the requirements which will enhance the capabilities of the system.
• Drive brainstorming on the new products, tools and services required by EADP internal teams & Game Teams.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities within the company products.
• Works as an Individual contributor (IC) and mentors the junior engineers technically and groom them to become experts in the technical area.
• Hands-on in Coding and Testing and Deployment in large-scale environments.
• Hands-on experience with building world-class applications, especially in a distributed system.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop the application features considering the functionality, Performance, extensibility, Scalability, Reliability, Consistency, Observability, Usability, Testability, Completeness, maintainability and Security aspects
• Review and validate feature requirements. Monitor or assess the performance budgets for the features allocated
• Write good suite of unit tests. Focuses on preventing the introduction of defects during the software development process rather than finding defects after testing begins
• Analyze and troubleshoot issues
• Apply best software development practices
• Able to work in a variety of technologies like Java, Python, Flink, Kafka, Redis, Grpc, Spring, Node.js, Couchbase, Mysql, Postgres, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Istio/Envoy, Docker, AWS etc.
• Collaboration with global teams to track and resolve issues
• Prompt and high quality customer support on the queries/issues
• Communicate the updates to the partners/stake holders
• Communicate your ideas effectively to others within your team.
• Write good user documents and design documents
• Active participation in Sprint planning and task estimates
• Learn and Support your team growth through active participation in code and design reviews
• Continuous learning to efficiently solve new challenges and improve the system performance and robustness
• Harmonize discordant views, find the best way forward and convince your team. Demonstrates resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact.
• Deliver high quality software & products with a Continuous Integration, Validation and Deployment methodology.
• Extensively use open source products/tools and develop the systems for easy maintenance of code and deliver in smaller cycle time.

The next great EA Software Engineer - I also needs:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or higher
• 1-3 years of relative experience
• Must have experience building applications in a fast paced agile environment.
• knowledge of building high performance, highly available, reliable, distributed systems software.
• A strong background in Data Structures, Algorithms, Design patterns, analysis of algorithm complexity and efficient implementation of complex algorithms
• Experience with software development tools such as source control systems, automated build systems, software validation systems, test harnesses, continuous integration & deployment.
• Development experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, etc. is a definite plus.
• Experience in big data systems will be an advantage
• Comes from a product development background.
• Ability to work in an environment with high degree of ambiguity (previous start-up like experience could be helpful)
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) - able to communicate effectively with all levels of management as well as a geographically and culturally diverse technical organization.

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What you'll do

• You will work with cross-functional teams including Content Management & Delivery, Messaging, Segmentation, Recommendation, and Experimentation to streamline the live services workflow.
• You will evaluate where and how EA's live service solutions, studio tech stacks, and vendor solutions can work together and help to achieve both engineering and business goals in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• You will use massive data sets from 20+ game studios to promote a data-driven decision-making process and experimentation culture.
• You will engage with Game Studios, Experience, and Brand organizations to understand their use cases, and drive e2e solutions to meet the requirements.
• You will work with Legal and Privacy teams to ensure that compliance directives are strictly followed.
• You will work with product managers and customers directly to understand the use cases, come up with solutions and drive the areas of development with the best ROI.

What you need

• Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science/related field.
• 1-2 years of relevant industry experience
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Java
• Experience with front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (preferably React).
• Experience working with multi-cloud architectures to manage data pipelines across vendors, preferably AWS.
• Familiarity with software development practices, including writing clean, reusable code, and basic understanding of test-driven development and continuous integration.
• Familiarity with back-end development frameworks and technologies (e.g., Spring Boot).
• Experience working with online & offline databases, including columnar databases, relational databases or document databases.
• Familiarity with docker/kubernetes, prometheus, grafana, gitlab CICD is a plus
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

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What you'll do

• You will work with cross-functional teams including Content Management & Delivery, Messaging, Segmentation, Recommendation, and Experimentation to streamline the live services workflow.
• You will evaluate where and how EA's live service solutions, studio tech stacks, and vendor solutions can work together and help to achieve both engineering and business goals in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• You will use massive data sets from 20+ game studios to promote a data-driven decision-making process and experimentation culture.
• You will engage with Game Studios, Experience, and Brand organizations to understand their use cases, and drive e2e solutions to meet the requirements.
• You will work with Legal and Privacy teams to ensure that compliance directives are strictly followed.
• You will work with product managers and customers directly to understand the use cases, come up with solutions and drive the areas of development with the best ROI.

What you need

• Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science/related field.
• 1-2 years of relevant industry experience
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Java
• Experience with front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (preferably React).
• Experience working with multi-cloud architectures to manage data pipelines across vendors, preferably AWS.
• Familiarity with software development practices, including writing clean, reusable code, and basic understanding of test-driven development and continuous integration.
• Familiarity with back-end development frameworks and technologies (e.g., Spring Boot).
• Experience working with online & offline databases, including columnar databases, relational databases or document databases.
• Familiarity with docker/kubernetes, prometheus, grafana, gitlab CICD is a plus
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

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