Electronic Arts is seeking a .NET Software Engineer with a strong DevOps background to join the Quality Verification and Standards (QVS) team. The successful candidate will design and develop RESTful applications and tools that support software stability across EA's global game titles.
Responsibilities:
- Design large-scale, distributed systems and services with high availability, scalability, and performance requirements.
- Lead the end-to-end development of complex features and systems, from design through deployment and ongoing operation.
- Translate ambiguous product requirements into clear technical designs and execution plans.
- Guide architectural decisions, evaluating trade-offs in scalability, reliability, cost, security, and maintainability.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices; participate in on-call support rotations.
- Resolve complex production issues across multiple systems and dependencies.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, testing strategies, and CI/CD best practices.
- Partner across internal teams to drive and facilitate essential workflows for quality telemetry data.
- Remain current on industry standards and introduce innovative concepts for experimentation, utilizing data-driven metrics to assess impact and efficacy.
- Mentor and guide technical colleagues to expand their skill sets, fostering an environment dedicated to technical excellence, innovation, and ongoing professional development.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- High proficiency in C#/.NET with the ability to write production-grade, maintainable code.
- Experience working with low-level process debugging, debug symbols, operating systems, compilers, or information security is considered a strong asset.
- Experience working on large-scale build/release systems or developer platforms.
- Experience with CI/CD principles and workflows.
- Experience designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks and propose practical solutions.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a hybrid, collaborative environment.
- Experience with system reliability, observability, and performance optimization.
- Experience with relational databases and other database solutions, including NoSQL, or columnar and data modeling, as well as how to integrate them via Entity Framework.
- Experience leading the design, development, and maintenance of APIs and backend components/services.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience with Python, C++, and/or Rust is a strong plus.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Familiarity with open security standards such as OAuth2 or OIDC.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools, e.g., Docker, Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with AI-driven coding and workflow tools.
