# Systems Software Engineer - 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 seeking a Systems Software Engineer to join the EA SPORTS NHL team in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The EA SPORTS NHL franchise has revolutionized sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. The team is composed of diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play.

As a Systems Software Engineer, you will work with other engineers to integrate primary technologies and features in a massive codebase, merging modern and legacy designs across multiple hardware architectures. Your responsibilities will include:

- Improving memory, load times, and performance

- Debugging a range of defects in development environments

- Looking for ways to increase team efficiency through automation, tooling, or workflow enhancements

- Contributing to core EA technologies to promote collaborative development efforts

- Working with technical and non-technical co-workers to create practical designs that meet players' expectations

- Supporting the team with technical issues and questions

To qualify, you will need:

- 3+ years of C++ development experience

- Experience testing, debugging, and extending other software engineer's code

- Knowledge of software engineering and architectural design

- Understanding of memory management, file systems, multi-core processing, and performance

- Experience with profiling tools to monitor and diagnose issues

- Experience with build systems, pipelines, and source control

- Experience with codebases supporting multiple compilers and architectures

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience

Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, mental wellness support, pension plans, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more.

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- software engineering
- architectural design
- memory management
- file systems
- multi-core processing
- performance
- profiling tools
- build systems
- pipelines
- source control
- codebases supporting multiple compilers and architectures

### Nice to have
- Python
- Lua
- C#
- assembly
- AI-assisted development tools

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