Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA SPORTS FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS College Football.

We're looking for an experienced engineer or someone interested in expanding their knowledge in the Modes area. Our Modes engineers develop and extend features in the game to facilitate user experiences that extend beyond twitch gameplay, and contribute to a connected and socially interactive game experience. Above all, we're looking for an engineer who is excited to use their talent and experience to build AAA quality games. You will report to the engineering manager for the team.

This position will be hybrid/onsite in Orlando, FL and is a 1 year temporary position.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and extend offline and online features.
• Write technical documents for user facing features.
• Plan & Implement a feature's core logic and flows.
• Monitor and address performance and stability impacts of features.
• Work with designers to gather requirements and propose technical solutions.
• Work with a team of other engineers in a collaborative environment while being overseen by a tech lead.

Your Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in C++ software development.
• Able to review, test, debug, and extend existing code.
• Experience with software engineering principles and architectural design.
• Knowledge of data driven systems
• Skills debugging complex applications
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.

Bonuses

• Knowledge of database systems.
• Knowledge of client-server architecture
• Knowledge of scripting languages (i.e. Python, Lua) and/or interpreted languages (i.e. C#).
• Knowledge of multi-threaded architectures.
• Knowledge of the college football sport. 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. 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 hourly pay 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, degree type (e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD), what stage you are in your degree journey (i.e. freshman, sophomore, etc.), qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs. 

PAY RANGES

The hourly pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including 80 hours per year of sick time (prorated based on scheduled hours per week if less than full-time), 16 paid company holidays per year, medical insurance, and 401(k).