Senior Online Software Engineer - College Football

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 are looking for a Senior Online Software Engineer to be involved in the whole creation process of technical features, from architecture design, to implementation, to debugging, and to tuning on multiple platforms and devices. You will collaborate on complex problems with Designers, Artists and other Engineers in the Online and User Generated Content (UGC) domains. You will work most closely with your tech lead and peers on the Online team, and you will report to the engineering manager for the team.

This position will be hybrid/onsite in Orlando, FL.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop technical solutions for online game features.
• Independently advocate for technical improvements in your domain.
• Work with a proprietary engine to develop stable, scalable, efficient and shareable code.
• Work with people on a large team both locally and remotely.
• Work with 3rd party software APIs.

Your Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in C++ software development.
• Experience owning large software features through the entire software development process.
• Experience with Client/Server, Peer-to-Peer, and multithreaded architectures.
• Knowledge of modern database technologies.
• Knowledge of networking protocols.
• Knowledge of good software programming practices.
• Experience with 3rd party APIs.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.

Bonuses

• 2+ years of experience working on Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo game consoles or other embedded systems.
• Experience of real-time game networking.
• Experience with Visual Studio and deep knowledge of the debugging tools.
• Experience in website development (i.e. Angular, NodeJs).
• Knowledge of scripting languages (i.e. Python, Lua) and/or interpreted languages (i.e. C#).
• Passion for the college football sport.