# Senior Technical Lead - EA SPORTS™ NHL

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

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## Description

Electronic Arts is building the future of interactive entertainment, with the NHL team at the heart of that mission. The Senior Technical Lead – Core Technology oversees gameplay engineering, rendering, presentation, audio, and 3D art teams.

The ideal candidate will partner with the Franchise Technical Director to define and drive the long-term Core Technology roadmap, aligning technical direction with franchise and studio goals. They will lead multi-year architectural and foundational initiatives spanning gameplay engineering, rendering, audio, presentation, and art technology.

Responsibilities:

- Partner with the Franchise Technical Director to define and drive the long-term Core Technology roadmap.

- Lead multi-year architectural and foundational initiatives.

- Make clear, high-impact technical decisions, balancing tradeoffs while identifying and mitigating risks early.

- Own end-to-end delivery for technology streams, ensuring predictable, reliable, and high-quality shipping.

- Coordinate across engineering, design, art, and production to resolve dependencies and maintain forward momentum.

- Provide technical assessments for scope, risk, and feasibility throughout planning, milestones, and execution.

- Build strong partnerships with central technology teams, external partners, and other EA SPORTS franchises.

- Lead and mentor domain tech leads and senior engineers, setting a high bar for technical excellence, ownership, and growth.

- Foster a culture of openness, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

- Champion performance-conscious design, ensuring Core Technology domains consistently meet CPU and GPU budgets across supported platforms.

Requirements:

- 8+ years of professional software or game development experience.

- 3+ years of technical leadership or engineering management experience.

- Deep expertise in C++ and modern game engine architecture.

- Proven ability to drive technical strategy, align teams, and communicate complex ideas clearly.

- Strong partnership skills, with experience working closely across engineering, design, art, production, and external technology groups.

Benefits:

- Shape the foundational technology powering one of EA's most iconic sports franchises.

- Lead talented multi-disciplinary teams with real ownership and influence.

- Drive initiatives that will directly impact millions of players every year.

- Work within a collaborative and innovative studio where leadership will meaningfully shape the future of the NHL franchise.

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- game engine architecture
- technical leadership
- software development

### Nice to have
- gameplay engineering
- rendering
- presentation
- audio
- content creation workflows

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