# Software Engineer II

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

**Apply**: https://jobs.ea.com/ro_RO/careers/JobDetail/Software-Engineer-II/215675?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Electronic Arts is seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer II to join the FC Mobile team in Kuala Lumpur. As a Software Engineer II, you will help shape the technical foundation that powers the world's most popular mobile football experience.

**Responsibilities**

- Technical Leadership & Operations:

- Act as a key technical standard-bearer for the web stack, enforcing coding standards, contributing to architecture discussions, and conducting rigorous code reviews.

- Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and propose new technical or operational KPIs.

- Guide the team in building smooth, high-performance, and lightweight visual elements within embedded mobile webviews.

- Design and develop robust web systems built on the MERN stack, focusing on database efficiency, caching via Redis, and ultra-low latency under high-concurrency, live-service loads.

- Partner with product owners and technical stakeholders during the planning phase to assess technical risks and outline mitigation strategies.

- Delivery Collaboration:

- Collaborate closely with the Lead Engineer to align on execution plans, technical task breakdowns, and high-impact feature delivery.

- Provide accurate technical complexity estimates, de-risk execution paths, and take hands-on ownership of coding complex backend/API and frontend components.

- Provide day-to-day technical mentorship and guidance to SE I and SE II engineers.

**Qualifications**

- Core Requirements:

- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a solid history of delivering robust web systems.

- Strong, production-proven experience with React.js and Node.js (MERN stack).

- Experience conducting thorough code reviews, establishing best practices, and mentoring junior/mid-level developers.

- Exceptional debugging, performance-profiling, and troubleshooting skills across both frontend and backend layers.

- Strong communication skills with a track record of partnering successfully with Lead Engineers, Product Owners, or Technical Directors.

- Exposure to scaling web applications, including using caching strategies with Redis or handling high-concurrency environments.

- Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior experience developing and optimizing web pages to run smoothly inside mobile webviews or resource-constrained mobile browsers.

- Familiarity or prior experience with HTML5 Canvas (2D/WebGL) and animation libraries (like GSAP or PixiJS).

**Benefits**

- Electronic Arts adopts a holistic approach to benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community well-being.

- Packages are customized to meet local needs and may include medical assistance, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, free games, and more.

## Skills

### Required
- React.js
- Node.js
- MERN stack
- Redis
- HTML 5 Canvas
- GSAP

### Nice to have
- HTML5 Canvas (2D/WebGL)
- animation libraries (like GSAP or PixiJS)

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