Software Engineer - EA Sports

The Software Engineer role within EA Sports Quality Verification Engineering (QVE) department collaborates with EA’s QV and Development teams to create tools, automation solutions, scripts, and technical strategies with the goals of improving game infrastructure and increasing efficiencies in the game delivery process. As part of our team, you will play an important part in ensuring a seamless consumer experience by focusing on upstream quality and targeting defect prevention and containment.

Reporting to a Development Director, you will help us to analyze testing strategies, identify new testing technologies, and develop new tools for testing and tracking purposes.

This is a hybrid role based in our Vancouver offices.

Responsibilities

• You will work with upstream and downstream partners to identify areas of improvement through new tools and automation strategies.
• You will design, develop, and deploy internal software tools.
• Build, test, and deploy solutions that support automation deliverables.
• Support us in increased adoption of automation and tools within game teams. Aid in the identification and requirements gathering for new tools.
• Identify and recommend debug and telemetry enhancements to aid testing.
• Provide debug support and technical expertise to other engineers on our teams.
• Perform risk analysis of new features – identify impact and scope.
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience with a focus on concepts and language varieties. Proficiency in object-oriented programming (OOP) languages such as Java, C#, or .NET.
• Proficiency in Test-driven Development techniques (TDD) and unit test frameworks(jUnit).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins).
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, software engineering methodologies and practices, and software quality assurance concepts.
  
  

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). BASE SALARY RANGES

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

In British Columbia, 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.