Senior Tools Software Engineer (Apex Legends)

Electronic Arts

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada · Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $141,400–$204,400 / yr
Posted: today

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This role $173k

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This role pays more than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $138,187–$191,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $165k 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 16 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $141,400–$204,400 across 12 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Tools Software Engineer (Apex Legends)

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As a Senior Tools Software Engineer at Respawn Entertainment, you will join the Apex Legends team in Vancouver or Los Angeles to develop and maintain asset pipeline tools that support content creation, packaging, and delivery. Your daily responsibilities include designing scalable solutions for asset compilation and packaging, optimizing workflows for reliability and usability, and collaborating with engine, rendering, and content teams to improve toolchain efficiency. You will also mentor engineers through reviews and technical guidance while implementing automated testing and continuous integration practices. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in developing tools or engine systems for games, strong C++ skills, and familiarity with asset pipelines and game engine architecture. This role involves working on a large-scale live service franchise that requires expertise in performance optimization and reliability improvement.

Skills

C++ Python CI/CD Git Unity Unreal Engine AWS Linux Docker Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL MongoDB REST GraphQL JSON YAML Swagger JUnit SonarQube Jenkins

What you'll do

Design and maintain asset pipeline tools and core systems.
Build scalable solutions for asset compilation and packaging.
Optimize workflows for reliability, speed, and usability.
Resolve toolchain issues and manage technical debt.
Implement automated testing and continuous integration.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience developing tools or engine systems for games
Proficient in C++ within production environments
Experience building and supporting asset pipelines
Knowledge of asset compilation and packaging systems
Ability to work with large codebases and complex pipelines
Understanding of game engine architecture and editor workflows
Expertise in improving performance and reliability of tools

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