Associate Software Engineer

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

About the Role

The Associate Software Engineer will report to the Technical Director and be a part of the EA Mobile - Slingshot Games (India) team. This role contributes to creating next-level entertainment experiences with a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and run a fast, scalable, highly available game service all the way from conception to delivery to live service operations.
• Work with designers, client engineering, and production teams to achieve gameplay goals.
• Implement security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating.
• Create and run automated testing, readiness testing, and deployment plans.
• Monitor the performance and costs of the server infrastructure to improve our game.

Qualifications

We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialogue to be considered.

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in Java or similar programming languages.
• Experience with Cloud services like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform is a plus.
• Experience with Database Design and usage of large datasets in both relational (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (Couchbase, DynamoDB) environments is a plus.

Bonus:

• Passionate about building games and the technology that powers games.
• Background using metrics and analytics to determine the quality or priority.
• Comfortable working across client and server codebases.
• Familiar with profiling, optimizing, and debugging scalable data systems.