Backend Engineer II- Node.js

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

EA Experiences (EAX) – Vancouver, Hybrid

Millions of players use the EA app and EA Play every day to discover, buy, and play their favorite games. Our team builds the backend systems that power those experiences — from subscriptions and commerce to cross-platform services used across EA studios.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer who enjoys building reliable, scalable APIs for high-traffic live services. If you like solving performance challenges, working with distributed systems, and shipping features that impact millions of players, we’d love to talk.

You’ll join a collaborative team in Vancouver (hybrid) and report to the Associate Technical Director.

What You’ll Work On

• Design and build scalable Node.js APIs used by the EA app, EA Play, and internal studio partners
• Improve performance, reliability, and observability of high-traffic live services
• Debug and resolve real-time production issues in a distributed cloud environment
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and other engineering teams to deliver features end-to-end
• Contribute to system design discussions and technical decisions
• Help improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and engineering best practices
• Use data and metrics to evaluate feature impact and guide improvements
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of backend development experience in production environments
• Experience building and maintaining APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Experience working with cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Familiarity with databases (SQL or NoSQL)
• Comfortable working on live services, including on-call rotations
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab)
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes
• Familiarity with event-driven or distributed systems
• Experience with Java
• Experience working with CMS platforms (e.g., Contentful)
• Background in subscription, e-commerce, or high-scale consumer systems
  
  

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Your work directly impacts millions of global players
• Work on highly scalable systems in a real-time live service environment
• Collaborate with multiple EA studios and product teams
• Hybrid work model in Vancouver
• Opportunities to grow into Senior Engineer or technical leadership paths
  
  

Pay Transparency - North America

Compensation And Benefits

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$104,500 - $142,800 CAD
  
  

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we 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.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.