Systems Software Engineer - EA SPORTS™ UFC

Electronic Arts is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to join the EA SPORTS UFC team in Vancouver, British Columbia.

As a Systems Software Engineer, you will help shape and deliver the engine and platform technology supporting gameplay, animation, rendering, online, front end, and tools. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, own complex initiatives, and help the team solve performance-sensitive systems challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Guide the team on platform capabilities, engine behaviour, and system-level tradeoffs.
• Define and deliver engine, platform, automation, and release strategies.
• Build shared solutions that enable the team to design and ship scalable features.
• Improve performance, memory use, load times, stability, and developer workflows.
• Own systems initiatives from planning through delivery, including risks and technical KPIs.
• Partner with franchise and central technology teams to share solutions and best practices.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with large or performance-sensitive systems.
• Expertise in C++ and large, complex codebases.
• Knowledge of memory management, multithreading, runtime performance, and platform constraints.
• Experience with game engines, real-time systems, tooling, automation, or multi-platform development.
• Experience delivering complex systems end to end.
• Experience in utilizing AI-assisted development tools.

Benefits:

• 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 welcoming a new child
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan