Développeur logiciel (Performances moteur) - Battlefield/Software Developer (Engine Performance) - Battlefield

Electronic Arts; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Montreal is seeking an Engine Systems Performance Engineer to understand complex technical changes, diagnose issues across projects, and probe performance to root causes.

You will collaborate with developers across production, design, and art to ensure our games and development workflows are performant, scalable, and reliable, directly affecting player experiences. This role offers hands-on leadership in cross-domain investigations and optimization across consoles and PC.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of programming experience in C++, with deep language understanding.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and service-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical partners.
• Expertise in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.
• Proven experience developing for multiple devices, including consoles and diverse hardware.
• Experience with large codebases and multi-product environments.
• Ability to lead complex cross-domain investigations to resolve issues.
• Experience with game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or Frostbite preferred.
• Bonus: Familiarity with profiling tools like PIX, Superluminal, or Tracy.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Performance team and Engine org to define goals for your domain.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other engineers.
• Analyze game performance using various systems and tools; identify concerns.
• Lead root cause analysis for performance issues and propose mitigations.
• Partner with game code/content developers to debug and optimize bottlenecks.
• Review technical design docs to identify performance risks and alternatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing, tooling, and workflows for triage and analysis.
• Adapt and evolve existing tools to support new features, platforms, and spaces.

Skills

C++ programming

Problem solving

Communication

Concurrency

Memory management

Performance optimization

Multi-platform

Large codebases

Engine profiling tools

Tools

Unreal

Unity

Frostbite

Job description

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.

Engine Systems Performance Engineer

The Engine Systems Performance team is looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys understanding complex technical changes, diagnosing issues across projects and code branches, and digging into performance problems to identify root causes.

In this role, you will partner with developers across the full production pipeline—including engineering, production, design, and art—to ensure our games and development workflows are performant, scalable, and reliable.

Your work will directly impact the player experience across multiple projects and initiatives within the Battlefield franchise.

Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years of programming experience in C++, with a deep understanding of the language, best practices, and architectural considerations.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a service-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners across development and leadership teams.
• Expertise in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.
• Proven experience developing for multiple devices, including consoles and varying hardware configurations.
• Experience working with large codebases and multi-product development environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-domain investigations to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Experience working with game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or Frostbite is preferred.
• Bonus: Familiarity with profiling tools such as PIX, Superluminal, or Tracy Profiler.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Performance team and broader Engine organization to define and achieve goals for your domain or area of ownership.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other Software Engineers.
• Analyze game performance using a variety of systems and tools, identifying and communicating areas of concern.
• Lead root cause analysis for performance issues and propose effective mitigation strategies and solutions.
• Partner with game code and content developers to debug and optimize performance bottlenecks identified during development and testing.
• Review technical design documents to identify potential performance risks and recommend alternative implementations.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing, tooling, and workflows for more effective triage, reporting, and performance analysis.
• Adapt and evolve existing tools to support new features, platforms, and problem spaces.

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.