Description
Electronic Arts creates higher forms of entertainment that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is the hero of their own story. With active communities and connections to people globally, it's a place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are valued, and great ideas matter. This is a team where everyone brings games to life.
As a Software Engineer II on the FC Mobile team, you will drive the development and technical refinement of high-performance mobile web interfaces and client-side web applications. The role focuses on frontend architecture, responsive UI design, and rendering performance, but values versatile engineers who can adapt across the tech stack and collaborate on backend APIs and service integrations.
In this role, you will take end-to-end technical ownership of medium-to-large feature modules, including UI state management, client performance tuning, API integration, and occasional backend service updates. You will partner with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to negotiate technical scope, identify edge cases, enforce clean engineering standards, and mentor associate and mid-level engineers.
This role reports to the Lead Engineer.
Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Execution
- Lead technical specification, UI state design, and task breakdowns for complex web modules; define clean API contracts and anticipate edge cases.
- Architect fluid, responsive web interfaces; optimize rendering performance, memory consumption, and frame rates for resource-constrained mobile browser environments.
- Demonstrate flexibility across the tech stack by contributing to fullstack web workflows, integrating backend RESTful services, and taking on backend component updates or API integrations when needed.
- Debug complex issues across client and network layers using profiling tools to deliver clear root-cause analysis (RCA) and durable technical fixes.
Quality, Collaboration & Governance
- Partner with product owners, UI/UX designers, and backend leads to assess technical feasibility, evaluate pre-development risks, and estimate task complexity.
- Author automated test suites (unit, component, and end-to-end) across frontend modules and API client logic to maintain high code quality and reliability.
- Conduct constructive peer code reviews, enforce TypeScript/React best practices, and mentor associate and junior engineers to maintain high engineering standards across the team.
Qualifications
Core Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong foundation in modern web application development.
- Deep hands-on proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5/CSS3, responsive UI architecture, and robust client-side state management patterns.
- Demonstrated adaptability and breadth across web technologies, with a strong willingness to work across different parts of the tech stack as team and feature needs evolve.
- Solid track record of optimizing client rendering performance, memory efficiency, and responsiveness in mobile browsers.
- Practical experience with RESTful API integration, client-server data synchronization, and automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, e2e).
- Strong product and UX sensitivity, with a keen eye for UI design detail and a proactive mindset toward driving exceptional, intuitive user experiences and frontend excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Backend engineering experience with Node.js, server frameworks, or microservices is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with relational/NoSQL databases, distributed caching (e.g., Redis), or background worker pipelines.
- Experience with web graphics/animation pipelines (e.g., HTML5 Canvas, GSAP, or WebGL) or design system integration.
- Experience leading technical design for medium-sized features, evaluating edge cases, performing code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.