Hybrid Systems Software Engineer - Engine & Performance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Electronic Arts, with a hybrid work model in Burnaby, BC, is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to push core systems and the shared engine forward. The role involves prototyping, planning, and collaborating with engineers to build scalable tools and capabilities for our games and workflows.

You will work with a range of teams to design and implement high-quality software, ensuring performance and memory budgets are respected while advancing EA's technology stack.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ language understanding and architectural awareness.
• Experience in engine development and systems-level work.
• Experience with performance and memory profiling tools.
• Experience with embedded systems.
• Ability to reason about parallel programming and resource management.
• Ability to communicate with artists, designers and producers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design and other engineers to create clear, estimable technical designs.
• Deliver tested, high-quality implementations that meet requirements.
• Consider performance and memory budgets in implementations.
• Identify tooling or workflow improvements to increase team efficiency.
• Contribute to EA technologies in a way that supports collaborative development.

Skills

C++ proficiency

Engine development

Performance profiling

Memory profiling

Embedded systems

Parallel programming

Resource management

Cross-team communication

Job description

Electronic Arts, with a hybrid work model in Burnaby, BC, is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to push core systems and the shared engine forward. The role involves prototyping, planning, and collaborating with engineers to build scalable tools and capabilities for our games and workflows.

You will work with a range of teams to design and implement high-quality software, ensuring performance and memory budgets are respected while advancing EA's technology stack.