Engineering Manager

Electronic Arts (EA); Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 122,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts (EA) in Vancouver leads a team of engineers building test automation and AI-powered tools for EA SPORTS FC. You will combine people leadership with delivery ownership, reporting to the Technical Director, and work hybrid from our Burnaby, BC office.

You will hire, coach and develop engineers, drive milestones, and ensure alignment across time zones. The role emphasizes CI/CD, quality metrics, and AI-assisted workflows to improve engineering practices and game quality.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of direct people management of software engineers.
• Proven success spearheading the delivery of automation, developer tooling, or comparable platforms.
• Experience in C#, C++, or Python, software design, testing, and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and elevate an engineering team. Hire, onboard and develop engineers through regular 1:1s, useful feedback, performance management and career planning.
• Lead technical execution with clear ownership, achievable plans and a sustainable workload across locations and time zones.
• Turn partner priorities into delivery commitments, adapting plans as needs evolve, following through on milestones, and communicating risks, dependencies, and obstacles early to technical and non-technical partners.
• Partner with our Technical Director and engineers to review designs, explain decisions and trade-offs, and resolve technical roadblocks.
• Take initiative to improve engineering practices across design, testing, continuous integration, and operational support using quality, reliability, and adoption metrics.
• Track relevant technology trends and developments, guiding our team in evaluating and adopting AI-assisted workflows and engineering tools.

Skills

Software development

People management

Automation tooling

C#/C++/Python

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Description & Requirements

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.

Description

In FC Quality Verification Engineering, our mission is to build the test automation and AI-powered developer tools that help our EA SPORTS FC teams understand game quality. We partner with development, quality, production, and live operations teams across Vancouver and Bucharest.

Role Summary

As an Engineering Manager in Vancouver, you will work with us to lead a team of software engineers building and running these systems. You will combine people leadership with delivery ownership, reporting to our Technical Director. You will work hybrid, at least 3 days a week, from our office in Burnaby, BC.

Responsibilities

• Build and elevate an engineering team. Hire, onboard and develop engineers through regular 1:1s, useful feedback, performance management and career planning.
• You will lead technical execution with clear ownership, achievable plans and a sustainable workload across locations and time zones.
• Turn our partner priorities into delivery commitments, adapting plans as needs evolve, following through on milestones, and communicating risks, dependencies, and obstacles early to technical and non-technical partners.
• You will partner with our Technical Director and engineers to review designs, explain decisions and trade-offs, and resolve technical roadblocks.
• You will take initiative to improve our engineering practices across design, testing, continuous integration, and operational support using quality, reliability, and adoption metrics.
• You will track relevant technology trends and developments, guiding our team in evaluating and adopting AI-assisted workflows and engineering tools.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including hands-on engineering and technical team leadership.
• 2+ years of direct people management of software engineers, including coaching, performance management and career development.
• Proven success spearheading the delivery of automation, developer tooling, or comparable platforms, owning prioritization, capacity planning, and complex cross-team dependencies.
• Experience in C#, C++, or Python, software design, testing, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) workflows.

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).

PAY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$122,300 - $170,700 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, 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 other incentive programs.

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.