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EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.
EA SPORTS NHL has revolutionized sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. We’ve pioneered award-winning creative technology and experiences to connect players to the speed, skill, and heart of the NHL.
The EA SPORTS NHL franchise is founded on passion and new ideas. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the team is composed of diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play. If you're a creative pioneer with a passion for your craft, this will be more than a job. It’ll be what you love.
We're looking for a Systems Software Engineer who will maintain a broad view of the game and engine systems and look for ways to improve performance, utility, and capabilities to our players and workflow enhancements to our development team.
Your Responsibilities:
- Work with other engineers to integrate primary technologies and features in a massive codebase, merging modern and legacy designs across multiple hardware architectures.
- Improve memory, load times, and performance.
- Debug a range of defects in development environments.
- Look for ways to increase team efficiency through automation, tooling, or workflow enhancements.
- Contribute to core EA technologies to promote collaborative development efforts.
- Work with technical and non-technical co-workers to create practical designs that meet our players' expectations.
- Work together with a team of Systems engineers in a collaborative environment and report to a team lead.
- Support the team with technical issues and questions.
- Mentor other software engineering team members.
Your Qualifications:
- 5+ years of C++ development experience.
- Test, debug, and extend other software engineer's code.
- Knowledge of software engineering and architectural design.
- Understanding of memory management, file systems, multi-core processing, and performance.
- Experience with profiling tools to monitor and diagnose issues.
- Experience with build systems, pipelines, and source control.
- Experience with codebases supporting multiple compilers and architectures.
- Experience communicating and collaborating with external team members or teams.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
- Experience integrating and maintaining large-scale systems and legacy codebases, covering multiple disciplines.
- Experience with multiple programming languages (Python, Lua, C#).
- Previous experience shipping console products.
- Experience with assembly.
- Experience in utilizing AI-assisted development tools (e.g. coding agents) to rapid prototype, accelerate execution and automate workflows, with the ability to critically review and validate AI-generated code.
About Electronic Arts We pride ourselves on having a broad portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that unlocks your potential, to creating space for learning and experimentation, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.
We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community well-being to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include health care coverage, mental wellness support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more. We foster an environment where our teams can always bring their best selves.
