Principal Founding Engineer, AI-Native Product Incubation

Electronic Arts is seeking an experienced Principal Founding Engineer to lead the technology behind AI-native products from inception to wide release. This full-stack role focuses on scalable backend systems, working closely with client leads to architect products end-to-end.

Responsibilities:

• Own technical architecture and direction of Ventures products
• Develop scalable backend systems, including gRPC services and event streaming
• Build platform capabilities for social, predictions, and live content
• Design features end-to-end, partnering with client leads
• Utilize AI coding agents in software design, shipping, and operation
• Ensure production stability, observability, and cost efficiency

Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep backend expertise in scalable distributed systems, preferably in Go with gRPC and Protocol Buffers
• Experience with event-driven and real-time architectures
• Strong data modelling skills across various databases
• Experience running production services in the cloud, ideally Google Cloud and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with AI coding agents is essential
• Fluency in web and mobile development for end-to-end architecture

The successful candidate will be measured on:

• Speed from idea to testable product
• Reliability, performance, and scalability of products
• Delivery of high-quality features
• Quality of architectural decisions
• Effective use of AI coding agents
• Cost-efficient operation of cloud infrastructure