Senior Software Engineer - Marketplace

Electronic Arts

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City, CAVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Salary: $141,400–$204,400 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Nearby: 66 roles within 25 mi

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Similar $183k

This role $173k

$116k most similar roles pay here $243k

This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $148,356–$217,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $183k 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 · Senior Software Engineer - Marketplace

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As a Senior Software Engineer I on Electronic Arts' Marketplace Team, you will join a dynamic team building a cross-game, cross-platform digital economy platform used by millions of monthly active users. Your role involves leading the technical design and architecture of major backend components, creating new features while reducing technical debt through innovation and automation. You will collaborate closely with product managers and business leaders to deliver high-priority features, spending 40-60% of your time coding in Java, Golang, and Kafka. The position requires expertise in AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and a strong understanding of DevOps practices and Agile development methodologies. Experience with high traffic services and scalable systems is essential, as well as the ability to mentor junior engineers within this large-scale, always-on service environment.

Skills

Java Golang Kafka AWS Azure Docker Kubernetes Terraform DevOps Continuous Delivery Agile memcache queuing NoSQL Maven Gradle REST Highly Scalable Systems Technical Leadership

What you'll do

Lead technical design and architecture of major components in large-scale distributed backend services.
Build server-side systems to deliver new functionality within the Digital Platform.
Work with product managers to innovate and automate, reducing technical debt in legacy systems.
Collaborate with customers and business leaders to understand needs and prioritize feature delivery.
Spend 40-60% of time hands-on coding for system enhancements and maintenance.

What we're looking for

9+ years of experience in software engineering
Expertise in Java, Golang, and Kafka
6+ years of experience with AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
Experience working on high traffic services (>2 million DAU)
Technical leadership or mentorship experience
Expertise in software design/architecture and DevOps practices