Java Software Engineer

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

At the heart of EA SPORTS is the FC franchise. EA SPORTS FC is the world's #1 best-selling video game with over 200M engaged players across multiple platforms, including console, PC, and mobile. Innovation, passion, and teamwork are at the heart of everything we do. With studios in Vancouver, Bucharest, and Cologne, we're looking for the brightest talent, so we can continue to create experiences that connect with millions of hearts and minds the world over.

Ultimate Team is a mode within EA Sports FC that lets you build your dream squad, play matches to earn Coins, use the Transfer Market to buy and sell Player Items, and create your Ultimate Team to make your mark on the pitch.

Behind the scenes, Ultimate Team is a live service with multiple platforms (console clients, PC, comp app, web app) working with online services to make the mode a success.

In this context, Java Server Engineers are involved in the server development process from architecture and technical design to implementation, debugging on multiple platforms, working on complex problems (big data, load, up-time, etc.) alongside other Engineers, Designers and Game Producers.

Responsibilities:

You will work on the development of Ultimate Team by implementing new features and maintaining and enhancing existing ones.

The features developed by the Java Server engineers provide backend functionality for multi-platform, user-facing clients, and internal tools within Ultimate Team.

You will collaborate within a large team, both locally and across other EA studios (Bucharest and Vancouver).

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Java programming experience
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• University Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Technologies

• Java 8+
• Microservices (REST APIs over HTTP).
• Unit/ Mock Testing (J-Unit, Mockito)
• Continuous Integration CI/CD (Jenkins or similar)
• Perforce/Git
• Apache Maven/Gradle
• Servers
• MySQL/SQL
• Basic Linux/shell commands.
• Experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):
º $96,400 - $133,900 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including 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 you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.