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C++ Software Engineer Co-Op (January 2021)

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe 24/7 with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games and delivering an amazing player experience is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative and passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

The Electronic Arts Digital Platform (EADP) is one of the world's largest and fastest growing gaming platforms with a mission to change how the world plays games.

We live, breathe, and dream about how we can make every player’s multiplayer experience memorable. We develop SDKs and services in collaboration with EA’s game studios for matchmaking, stats and leaderboards, achievements, game replays, VOIP, and game networking.

What this Software Engineer will do at EA:

• Enhance and add features to EA’s existing online services and gameplay capabilities.
• Work with engineers from across the company to provide the next generation of online features for EA games
• Be a part of the software design and architecture process
• Advocate for best practices within the engineering team
• Work with product managers to improve new features to support EA’s business
• Provide maintenance and support for our services

The next great EA Software Engineer also needs:

• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming
• Experience in software development in C++
• Experience with client-server and peer-to-peer architectures, network security, basic network protocols (e.g. TCP/IP and UDP), object-oriented design.
• Understanding of memory management, multiple processor use, runtime optimization, concurrency and synchronization.
• Experience designing APIs for SDKs and S2S
• Solid computer science background including algorithm and data structure usage
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills working in a multi-threaded environment
• Experience with relational database and NoSQL
• Familiarity with Linux
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent required