Software Engineer II - Gameplay Services

Electronic Arts

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City, CAVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Salary: $104,500–$142,800 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $124k

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This role pays less than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $138,750–$203,225 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $124k versus about $171k 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 87 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,300–$170,700 across 49 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II - Gameplay Services

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As a Backend Software Engineer II on Electronic Arts’ Gameplay Services Team, you will design and develop scalable server-side systems for features such as matchmaking, stats, leaderboards, achievements, game replays, VOIP, and networking. Your day-to-day responsibilities include creating new services from storage to application logic, enhancing existing systems, selecting cutting-edge technologies, optimizing performance, and supporting live environments. You must have at least 3 years of experience with Java/Kotlin and microservices, expertise in relational or NoSQL databases, and knowledge of stress-testing, multi-threaded debugging, and cloud computing products like AWS EC2 and ElastiCache. Bonus points for familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Redis, Google gRPC, protobuf, and scalable data storage technologies such as Postgres and Apache Kafka.

Skills

Java Kotlin Microservices PostgreSQL Cassandra Apache Kafka Spark AWS EC2 ElastiCache ELB Docker Kubernetes Terraform Redis gRPC protobuf CI/CD

What you'll do

Design new services covering storage, application logic, and management console.
Enhance existing systems by adding features and improving functionality.
Research and implement best-of-breed technologies to meet challenging requirements.
Optimize performance and scalability of server systems for millions of users.
Participate in the full product cycle from design through deployment and support.

What we're looking for

3+ years of hands-on experience with Java/Kotlin and Microservices.
Expertise in relational or NoSQL databases, stress-testing, and performance optimization.
Proficiency in debugging and optimizing multi-threaded environments.
Experience troubleshooting and mitigating issues in live production environments.
Knowledge of scalable data storage, streaming, and processing technologies.

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