Senior Software Engineer, Generalist (Foundations)
Electronic Arts
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This role pays more than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$177,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $163k for comparable roles.
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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 42 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $141,400–$204,400 across 31 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Software Engineer - Generalist (Foundations) (Apex Legends) at Respawn, you will join the Foundations team to build and evolve the technology powering Apex Legends. You will design and maintain core engine systems across physics, memory, input, packaging, and platform layers. Your daily work involves owning cross-cutting technical initiatives, optimizing memory, CPU, and bandwidth, and debugging complex issues in large-scale codebases. You will integrate platform and partner technologies while collaborating with design, art, and audio teams. The role requires 8+ years of experience in game engine or systems-level code using C/C++ for performance-critical systems. You must demonstrate expertise in 3D math, simulation systems, and optimizing runtime performance for Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo platforms within a live service environment.
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