Software Development Engineer In Test

Electronic Arts

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Bucharest, Romania
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77 days ago
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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 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $141,400–$204,400 across 13 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Development Engineer In Test

The Software Development Engineer In Test joins the DICE Quality Engineering team to support the latest Battlefield products. This role involves architecting and scaling reliable test automation frameworks across front end, world levels, backend, and API layers while establishing a long-term technical vision for tools and infrastructure. The engineer will implement shift-left methodologies, integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, and lead non-functional testing strategies including performance engineering, load testing, security scanning, and chaos engineering. Key responsibilities include developing adversarial testing frameworks for ML models and researching self-healing auto-tests using generative AI. Candidates must be proficient in object-oriented or functional languages like Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go, and possess experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins to manage complex distributed cloud systems.

What does a Software Development Engineer in Test earn?

Median $202800 from 38 postings across 11 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Architect and scale reliable test automation frameworks across front-end, world levels, back-end, and API layers.
  • Establish the long-term technical vision for test automation tools, libraries, and infrastructure.
  • Influence system architecture early in the development cycle to promote "shift-left" testing methodologies.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to maximize build speed and feedback loops.
  • Lead non-functional testing strategies including performance engineering, load testing, security scanning, and chaos engineering.
  • Develop adversarial testing frameworks to detect flaws in ML and Generative AI models.
  • Research and develop "Self-Healing" auto-tests by integrating Generative AI into the runtime execution loop.
  • Serve as the technical escalation point for critical automation failures and production quality incidents.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering, DevOps, or SDET role.
  • Experience architecting automation frameworks from concept to production.
  • Proficiency in at least one object-oriented or functional language such as Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools including GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins.
  • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Understanding of complex, distributed cloud systems and the ability to identify structural integration risks.
  • Capability to explain technical quality risks to both technical developers and non-technical partners.

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