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Software Engineer - Frostbite Quality Engineering

We are EA Frostbite

We entertain millions of people across the globe by creating the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. Making great experiences is challenging, which is why we employ creative and passionate people.

The Opportunity ahead

The Software Engineer is a member of the Quality Engineering group, reporting to the Frostbite Engineering Services team. Frostbite is the engine that powers EA's games: award-winning titles like Battlefield, FIFA, Dragon Age Inquisition and Need for Speed all harness the power of Frostbite to achieve outstanding visuals and immersive game play.

You will develop services, tools, test automation and data analysis systems to improve the quality of Frostbite. You will work with engine developers who need to code and attest quality in new ways. You will gather the requirements of game studios to integrate new features and tools. Working with software engineers in test, build engineers and quality assurance, you will promote modern software engineering practices, automation and data-driven workflows. You will be empowered to make design and implementation decisions so that your tools and services are efficient, reliable, scalable and secure. You will need to have a wide programming expertise and learn new technologies.

As part of Frostbite, you will belong to a globally distributed team with development centers in Stockholm (Sweden), Vancouver (Canada), Bucharest (Romania) and Guildford (UK), to name a few. Being part of the larger Development Technology & Services team, you lead the quality and productivity focus that allows our game teams to code better.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of software development and quality assurance concepts, practices and debugging processes.
• 3+ years professional experience with C#.
• Competence in object-oriented design and implementation.
• Experience with client-side application development and client-server architectures.
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD tools (Git, Perforce, Jenkins).
• Experience building test strategies
• Solid debugging skills and eagerness to find the root-cause of issues.
• Experience reviewing, testing or extending other Software Engineer's code competently.
• Fluency talking and writing about complex technical details in English.
• Learn and apply new technologies, principles and solutions.
• Lead projects, take ownership and make decisions.
• Understand end-user perspectives, requirements and workflows to negotiate features and timelines.

Bonus points for

• Relevant experience with any of the following: C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Java, Scala, Python, or scripting.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks and ability to design testable code.
• Experience with web technologies, HTTP, REST, back-end design, micro-service architectures, cloud technologies, containerization, scalability or security.
• Notions of CPU and memory profiling, management and optimization.
• Experience deploying and testing on embedded platforms like game consoles or mobile.
• Experience supporting, testing, extending and refactoring large code bases.
• Interest in telemetry, statistics and metric visualization.