Senior Software Engineer I
Electronic Arts3 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead requirements analysis, architectural design, deployment, and live-service monitoring for new and existing backend services.
- Optimize low-latency, high-throughput, and highly scalable server systems through architecture, profiling, and performance tuning.
- Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and champion engineering best practices.
- Maintain automated testing suites and collaborate with infrastructure teams to improve developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with engineers, Product Managers, Technical Directors, and external studios on architectural challenges for current and upcoming game titles.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, with a strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented design.
- 6+ years of software development experience in C++, including memory management, concurrency, synchronization, and runtime optimization.
- 4+ years of experience building scalable client-server and peer-to-peer architectures using TCP/UDP protocols, network security, and high-traffic service stress testing.
- Hands-on experience with Linux, AWS EC2, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Experience with relational databases, Redis or Valkey, Prometheus, and Grafana in live environments.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical documentation, cross-team alignment, external-studio collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers.
- Experience in the games industry is a bonus.
- Additional experience with GoLang, React, gRPC, protobuf, Jenkins, Groovy, or Ansible is a bonus.
Benefits
- Benefits may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and career and community wellness support.
Categories
BackendGaming
About Electronic Arts
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 team where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. Regardless of your role, team, or location, this is a place where everyone makes play happen. Join us.