Software Engineer

Sep 13, 2024
Orlando, United States
... Not specified
... Intermediate
Full time
... Office work

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 UFC.

EA SPORTS Madden NFL is the best-selling sports property in U.S. Video game history. Madden NFL is an immersive, simulation-based, authentic NFL interactive experience, empowering fans to play out their NFL fantasy of winning the Super Bowl (and much more). Madden NFL has entertained fans for over three decades with more than 130 million lifetime units sold.

You will be a part of the game creation process, including architectural design, implementation, and debugging on multiple platforms—working on complex problems with Designers, Artists, and other Engineers in domains including rendering, gameplay, audio, user interface, online, physics, databases, and tools. You will report to the team's manager and work with your peers to develop the game.

Your Responsibilities

  • You will work on technical solutions covering the main aspects of game development, such as game development technologies, game features, and optimizations of frame rate and load times.
  • You will work with other domain owners to integrate and develop technologies into the game
  • You will create and maintain client code to support features and improve multiplayer experiences.
  • You will optimize client and server online systems to improve latency, reliability, scalability, performance, and memory.
  • You will provide feedback, guidance, and solutions for improvement and optimizations.
  • You will work with your peers to develop the foundation layer of the American Football games such as Madden NFL, and College Football.

Success Criteria

  • Design/develop/engineer/debug/test/code-review our C++ codebase with quality and in time with minimal help.
  • Find problems and propose solutions for the given task.
  • Estimate by breaking the given task into smaller solvable ones for clarity and better estimation.
  • Able to communicate as per defined medium, frequency – inputs, thoughts, task status, risks, peer review comments
  • Play Madden and suggest game improvement through innovation
  • Contribute to EA's culture – teamwork & team spirit.

Your Qualifications

  • 1+ years of experience in software development with a C++ focus.
  • Experience with database technologies (e.g. MySQL, SQL, Redis).
  • Experience developing in and debugging multi-threaded/concurrent architectures.
  • Understanding of memory management, multiple processor use, and run-time optimization.
  • Experience with Visual Studio and deep knowledge of debugging tools.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
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