Senior Software Engineer

Electronic Arts

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City, CAVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Salary: $141,400–$204,400 / yr
Posted: 16 days ago
Nearby: 66 roles within 25 mi

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Similar $181k

This role $173k

$132k most similar roles pay here $227k

This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$217,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $181k 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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As a Senior Software Engineer at Electronic Arts's Data & Insights (D&I) Data Group, you will lead the development and operation of complex, scalable systems and services with high reliability requirements. You will collaborate across teams to build modern cloud-based solutions using Java and other technologies, driving system architecture discussions and ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability. Your responsibilities include designing large-scale data pipelines and real-time streaming systems, implementing monitoring practices, and identifying technical debt for continuous improvement. The role requires 7+ years of experience in building and operating large-scale systems, proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS, and hands-on experience with tools such as Kafka, Flink, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD systems.

Skills

Java AWS Kafka Flink Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus PostgreSQL NoSQL Cassandra Redis Git Terraform Spring Boot REST APIs GraphQL JSON YAML Python JavaScript React Angular Node.js

What you'll do

Lead the design, development, and operation of complex, scalable systems with high reliability.
Oversee major services to ensure long-term maintainability, scalability, and operational health.
Drive system architecture discussions and influence technical direction across teams.
Build large-scale data pipelines using modern distributed technologies like Kafka or Flink.
Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability practices for critical systems and services.
Identify and drive improvements in system quality, performance, and developer productivity.

What we're looking for

7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating large-scale systems.
Proficiency in Java and hands-on experience with data pipelines, real-time streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink).
Experience designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs using modern distributed infrastructure on cloud platforms like AWS.
Understanding of system reliability, observability, performance optimization techniques, and database technologies at scale.
Familiarity with containerization tools (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes), as well as CI/CD systems.

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