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Software Engineer II

Role Overview

We – Slingshot Games Studio @Electronic Arts – are looking for a talented and driven person that is passionate about developing software systems for games with millions of users. We are looking for an experienced server software engineer for developing services to support the live operations and online gameplay for our titles.

You will be working in small teams that work closely together to create solutions for game requirements using modern technologies and frameworks deployed to cloud based infrastructure. You will also be working with many existing systems; some developed at Slingshot, some developed externally.

What a Server Engineer does at Slingshot Games Studio

• Architect & Develop distributed, resilient and high-performing back-end services, built on top of GAE/AWS cloud platforms
• Work with a team of Server Engineers to manage & develop server side stacks supporting games which engage millions of connected online players
• Support your lead to collaborate closely with the cross functional game development teams to execute on the roadmap/vision of our games
• Adapt central EA technologies to meet game designs requirements from the game development teams, such as matchmaking
• Be responsible for performance testing at the server level and load testing at the service level
• Ability to estimate work and provide accurate updates on the progress
• Creative approach to problem solving
• Passion for delivery of quality software to Criterion’s high standards

Requirements

• 3-6 years of experience in developing and supporting scalable & high-performing java applications.
• Strong knowledge on Core Java, Multi-threading, Concurrency, Micro-Services, Spring Boot, Strea, and Async Java APIs.
• Strong understanding of REST web services (with Content types JSON / Protobuf).
• Experience with cloud services is plus (Docker, EC2, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, Lambda, S3, Auto Scaling, etc.)
• Highly fluent with Perforce / Git, or similar distributed source management system with a good grasp of branch/release management, rollback strategies, and other best practices.
• Must have knowledge of fundamental testing principles, concepts, and techniques. Experience with JUnit and other automated testing tools is a plus.
• Must have strong analytic and problems solving skills, must be able to present ideas clearly.
• Good communication and documentation experience.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.