As one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.
With more opportunity than ever to design, innovate and create new, immersive experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and connection to fans everywhere, we invite you to join our passionate and dynamic team as we pioneer the future of football fandom.
The Server Software Engineer will be a part of the game creation process, including architectural design, implementation, and debugging on multiple platforms—collaborating with Designers, Artists, and other Engineers to solve complex challenges across online systems, developer tools, persistence, databases, and scalable live services. You will report to the Operations Development Director and Technical Lead to estimate, build projects, and deliver excellent results.
Your Responsibilities:
Mix of hands-on coding and release management for large Java projects, using SQL databases.
Create and work on large-scale distributed HTTP-based backend services creating new features and updating existing ones.
Resolve defects during QA testing, pre production, production and from the live environment.
Work with multiple clients and platforms that use the features you create to complete user facing experiences.
Occasional off-hours support for development needs and support of the live environment ensuring our consumer experience is always outstanding.
Your Qualifications:
3+ years of experience developing software in Java.
2+ years of experience working on online services/servers (HTTP via REST).
Strong working knowledge of the HTTP protocol.
Strong working knowledge of SQL (MYSQL preferred).
Solid communication skills.
Knowledge of the Software design/architecture process.
Experience with unit testing (JUnit).
Experience developing and maintaining large-scale distributed applications.
Experience with source control systems.
Experience with IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse.
Nice to have - experience with GCP.