Software Engineer, Electronic Arts
CA$115.1-161.2k
Video game company
Open for applications
Video game company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$115.1-161.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire the world to play, by creating games and experiences for the global player community that are a reflection of our diverse world.
Role
Who you are
- Passion for making tools for developers through a customer oriented mindset
- Experience with video game content pipelines on shipped games
- Proven programming experience and skill in C# and C++
- Minimum 4 years professional experience as an engineer on a game/tools team
- Demonstrated knowledge of good software engineering practices
Desirable
- CS degree
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) experience or similar GUI frameworks
- Python experience
- Database experience
What the job involves
- As a Tools Engineer you will work closely with content developers across the team to develop and support Tools to enhance their creativity and productivity
- You will be reporting to the Tools Lead Engineer
- Focus on improving our development capacity and operating efficiency through tooling, process and automation
- Build, maintain, and support internal tools designed to empower content creators
- You will work closely with all disciplines to gather requirements, collaborate on solutions and execute
- Implement new features and improve existing ones in workflow tools using C# and C++
- Provide customer support troubleshooting issues the local game team encounters as well as with the tools themselves in a patient and understanding manner
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and improve pipeline / workflow improvements to increase productivity and ease workloads
- Able to work independently
- Update and create clear and concise documentation to support pipeline / workflow processes
Our take
EA is a leading global game company, responsible for developing and publishing some of the biggest games of the last 20 years. Its publishing successes include giants like The Sims, Battlefield, and Mass Effect, while EA's titles, such as Fifa, Madden, and NBA Live, have also seen market-leading success.
A series of acquisitions in 2021 marked EA's push into mobile gaming, which has become the driving force behind the rapid growth of the global video gaming market, and has remained a clear focus for the company, despite the cancellation of its popular Apex Legends Mobile game. The company also expressed interest in NFTs and "play-to-earn" games, going so far as to label them "the future of the industry", but has since taken steps to distance itself from the idea, as it proved unpopular with gamers.
This combined model of publishing and development has allowed EA to put its name to a huge range of products, making the brand iconic in the gaming world. It has formed major partnerships with the likes of Disney, giving it full control of creating in-demand games, such as within the Star Wars franchise. In the upcoming years, the company plans to focus on games-as-a-service, as it embraces the evolution of the gaming world.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 1982
$2m
SERIES A
May 1982
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company values
- Creativity: Striving to bring imagination, orginal ideals, and excitement to everything we do
- Pioneering: Acting with the curiosity and courage that it takes to experiment, innovate, and lead
- Passion: We are at our best when we pursue what we love, and have fun doing it
- Determination: Bringing focus, drive, and conviction to our actions. Thriving on the journey, and being mortivated to achieve excellence
- Learning: Listening, having humility, being open to new ways of thinking, and looking with a lens of inclusion. Challenging ourselves to grow and change as a company
- Teamwork: Committed to each other, and to the accountability and integrity tit takes to be a successful diverse team
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
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Leadership
Andrew Wilson
(CEO, not founder)Joined EA as Vice President and Executive Producer in 2000, and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO.
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Diversity & Inclusion at Electronic Arts
- Our intentional efforts to embed principles of diversity, equity and inclusion in our people practices have generated results across our teams.
- We have made progress in company-wide representation of women and underrepresented minorities.
- We have achieved a 46 percentage point increase in underrepresented talent in executive roles (VP+) over the last two fiscal years.
- We have hired underrepresented talent above our representation rates for the fourth consecutive year.
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