Systems Software Engineer - EA SPORTS™ NHL
Electronic Arts2 hours ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Integrate primary technologies and features across a large codebase while merging modern and legacy designs across multiple hardware architectures.
- Improve memory usage, load times, and software performance.
- Debug defects in development environments and test, debug, and extend other engineers’ code.
- Increase team efficiency through automation, tooling, and workflow enhancements.
- Contribute to core EA technologies and collaborative development efforts.
- Design practical solutions with technical and non-technical collaborators.
- Support the Systems engineering team with technical issues and questions.
- Mentor other software engineering team members.
Requirements
- 5+ years of C++ development experience.
- Knowledge of software engineering and architectural design.
- Understanding of memory management, file systems, multi-core processing, and performance.
- Experience with profiling tools, build systems, pipelines, and source control.
- Experience with codebases supporting multiple compilers and architectures.
- Experience communicating and collaborating with external team members or teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
- Experience integrating and maintaining large-scale systems and legacy codebases across multiple disciplines.
- Experience with multiple programming languages, including Python, Lua, and C#.
- Previous experience shipping console products.
- Experience with assembly.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as coding agents to prototype, accelerate execution, automate workflows, and critically review AI-generated code.
Benefits
- British Columbia employees receive three weeks of vacation per year to start and 10 days of sick time per year.
- Benefits include extended health, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; and a retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits is available up to 100% of base salary for qualifying maternity, parental, or adoption leave.
- Certain roles may be eligible for bonuses and other incentive programs.
- EA offers wellness programs, paid time off, family leaves, retirement savings, mental well-being support, and complimentary games.
About Electronic Arts
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