# Technical Lead – User Interface (UI) - Skate

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $141,400 - $204,400 CAD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

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.

Full Circle, an Electronic Arts (EA) studio, is seeking a Technical Lead for the User Interface (UI) team on Skate.

In this role, you will be the driving force behind the evolution of our UI Technology stack. You will chart a course from our current UI technical framework to one that is aligned with the direction of the company as a whole while meeting the continuing needs of Skate. Beyond your technical stewardship, you will be a dedicated people leader, directly managing, mentoring, and fostering the career growth of a talented team of Engineers.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Technical Leadership & Strategy**

- UI Technology Vision: Assess our current UI technical state and compare to that of the rest of EA, then build a road map that aligns with the future of Skate.

- Architecture & Innovation: Expand and improve the robust UI framework, systems, and workflows.

- Empower UI artists and designers to iterate rapidly without sacrificing performance or design freedom.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with UI/UX Design, Frostbite and Skate Technical Leadership to ensure technical feasibility matches creative ambition.

**People Management & Culture**

- Career Mentorship: Actively manage the career growth of UI engineers, conducting regular 1:1s, setting performance goals, and delivering constructive feedback.

- Team Building: Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and psychologically safe environment that encourages innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning.

**Qualifications & Skills**

**Required Experience**

- Game Industry Veteran: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience specifically within the gaming industry.

- Proven People Leader: 3+ years of direct experience managing technical careers, including performance reviews, promotions, and hiring.

- UI Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of modern UI development paradigms.

- Shipped Titles: At least one shipped AAA title in a senior or lead technical capacity, preferably covering live-service.

**Technical Profile**

- Pragmatic Mindset: Proven ability to balance technology wants with business needs.

- Coding Excellence: Strong proficiency in C++ and familiarity with modern UI scripting languages or frameworks.

- Data-Driven: Experience utilizing profiling tools (e.g., Pix, Razor, etc) to diagnose and resolve UI-related performance bottlenecks.

**Pay Transparency - North America**

**COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS**

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

**PAY RANGES**

- British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) $141,400 - $204,400 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- UI development
- profiling tools
- software engineering
- people management

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