Backend Engineer II- Node.js

Electronic Arts

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaRedwood City, CA
Salary
$104,500–$142,800 / yr
Posted
16 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k
This role $124k
$90k most similar roles pay here $240k

This role pays less than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $147,818–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $124k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, developing and publishing games for consoles, mobile, and PC under franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield.

Electronic Arts currently has 127 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,300–$170,700 across 76 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Backend Engineer II- Node.js

As a Backend Engineer II at Electronic Arts’ EA Experiences (EAX) team in Vancouver, you will design and build scalable Node.js APIs for the EA app and EA Play, enhancing performance and reliability of high-traffic live services. Your day-to-day responsibilities include debugging real-time production issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver features end-to-end, and contributing to system design discussions. You’ll work in a hybrid model, leveraging technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Docker, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitLab. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of backend development experience, familiarity with cloud environments, and comfort working on live services including on-call rotations. This role offers the opportunity to impact millions of global players through highly scalable systems in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

What you'll do

  • Design and build scalable Node.js APIs for the EA app, EA Play, and internal partners.
  • Improve performance, reliability, and observability of high-traffic live services.
  • Debug and resolve real-time production issues in a distributed cloud environment.
  • Contribute to system design discussions and technical decisions.
  • Help improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and engineering best practices.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of backend development experience in production environments.
  • Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Experience building and maintaining APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).
  • Familiarity with cloud environments, preferably AWS.
  • Comfortable working on live services, including on-call rotations.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.
  • Knowledge of databases (SQL or NoSQL).

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