Software Engineer - IPS

Electronic Arts is seeking a Software Engineer for its Infrastructure & Platform Services (IPS) group. The IPS provides central services that help game teams tap into the power of the global EA ecosystem.

The successful candidate will work on technical design and collaboration, feature ownership, database and API design, AI-assisted development, quality assurance, system migration, production support and troubleshooting, technology evaluation, peer reviews, mentorship and growth, and team expansion.

Responsibilities:

• Work with product managers to understand business requirements and translate them into secure, scalable technical designs
• Lead the end-to-end technical design and implementation of platform features and service capabilities
• Design underlying database schemas and robust interfaces to ensure optimal data flow and system consistency
• Leverage AI-powered coding assistants and developer tools to accelerate feature implementation and optimize performance
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with comprehensive unit testing
• Troubleshoot complex live-site issues and fix bugs raised from integration
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to improve team development velocity and platform capabilities
• Perform rigorous code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices for coding and architecture
• Participate in the technical hiring and interview process

Qualifications:

• 1+ years of professional experience in software development
• Solid background in computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, operating systems, and distributed systems
• Deep experience with backend development using languages such as Java
• Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools
• Experience designing or architecting components of a large-scale system or online service
• Proven experience in live-site troubleshooting and maintaining service availability
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related technical major