Electronic Arts

Systems Software Engineer - EA SPORTS™ NHL

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21 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, extend, and maintain 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 coworkers.
  • 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, source control, and codebases supporting multiple compilers and architectures.
  • Experience integrating and maintaining large-scale systems and legacy codebases across multiple disciplines.
  • 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 with Python, Lua, C#, assembly, and AI-assisted development tools such as coding agents.
  • Previous experience shipping console products.

Benefits

  • British Columbia base-pay range of $122,300-$170,700 CAD.
  • Three weeks of vacation per year to start and 10 days of sick time per year.
  • Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary for eligible parental, maternity, and adoption leave.
  • Extended health, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; and a retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
  • Potential eligibility for bonuses and other incentive programs.
  • Additional wellness benefits may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, and complimentary games.

Tech Stack

AssemblyC#C++LuaPython

Categories

Gaming
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