Engineering Manager

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers in building and running test automation and AI-powered developer tools for our EA SPORTS FC teams. As an Engineering Manager, you will combine people leadership with delivery ownership, reporting to our Technical Director. You will work hybrid, at least 3 days a week, from our office in Burnaby, BC.

Responsibilities

• Build and elevate an engineering team by hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers through regular 1:1s, useful feedback, performance management, and career planning.
• Lead technical execution with clear ownership, achievable plans, and a sustainable workload across locations and time zones.
• Turn partner priorities into delivery commitments, adapting plans as needs evolve, following through on milestones, and communicating risks, dependencies, and obstacles early to technical and non-technical partners.
• Partner with our Technical Director and engineers to review designs, explain decisions and trade-offs, and resolve technical roadblocks.
• Take initiative to improve our engineering practices across design, testing, continuous integration, and operational support using quality, reliability, and adoption metrics.
• Track relevant technology trends and developments, guiding our team in evaluating and adopting AI-assisted workflows and engineering tools.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including hands-on engineering and technical team leadership.
• 2+ years of direct people management of software engineers, including coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Proven success spearheading the delivery of automation, developer tooling, or comparable platforms, owning prioritization, capacity planning, and complex cross-team dependencies.
• Experience in C#, C++, or Python, software design, testing, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) workflows.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, work-life, and collective well-being support, such as healthcare coverage, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more.