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Software Engineer III (108023)
Electronic Arts
Austin, TX, United States
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We are EA
And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.
The Challenge Ahead:
The world of infrastructure and operations is changing at a rapid pace, e.g. cloud computing, hybrid cloud, software define networks (SDN), virtualization services, etc. and EA is moving to meet and leverage these new changes to our full advantage. EA's environment is highly distributed and dynamic. It services millions of players every day, worldwide.
A Software Engineer for EA’s Technical Operations team will need the agility to operate in this ever-changing ecosystem. This position will be responsible for driving and implementing long term design and technology choices that will be the cornerstone of tools and services that will make up the future of operations and automation processes.
These tools and services will underpin modern video game services such as matchmaking, marketplace, and social features to anti-cheat detection, leaderboards, and server-side physics calculations.
The role is a part of a high performing team in a fast-paced organization, requiring partner and business focus. As well as demonstrated skills tied to leadership, people, communication, analytics and adaptability.
What a Software Engineer does on EA’s Tech Ops team:
• Build and maintain high-performance, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed software systems
• Solve problems at scale (>20k servers)
• Contribute code on a daily basis
• Value adding review of others code
• Work with cutting edge infrastructure technologies such as Docker, Consul, and Chef
• Work with dedicated servers, private clouds technologies, and public clouds
• Be an active contributor to open-source projects
The next great EA Software Engineer also needs:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited education institution in Computer engineering, computer science, information systems or equivalent
• 2-5 years’ experience in a related professional role
• Keen interest in DevOps methodologies and technologies (Docker, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
• Analytical and problem solving skills aligned with enthusiasm, aptitude, attitude and motivation to learn
• Working knowledge of at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, or Ruby
• Working knowledge of distributed source control such as GIT
• Exposure to various front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Experience with general system administration and shell scripting
• Experience with various server operating systems such as Red Hat/CentOS, Ubuntu/Debian, and/or Windows Server
• Working knowledge of database concepts, database structures, relational data bases and related applications
• Understanding of document and/or key/value store such as Cassandra, Memcached, Reddis, RethinkDB, or MongoDB
• Any experience with network or server monitoring is a big plus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
…and, in general, the potential to sweep us off our feet!
What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.
Don’t Just Play It – Create It!
EA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.