Senior Engineering Manager - AI-Driven, Multiteam Delivery

Kibbi; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 141,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 3 weeks/year

Sick time 10 days/year

Health/dental/vision coverage

Retirement plan

Job summary

Electronic Arts seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams, shape technical strategy, and grow talent across disciplines. The role is hybrid, with 3 days per week at our Burnaby studio in British Columbia and reports to the Technical Director.

You will mentor engineers, plan headcount, align with product vision, drive delivery quality, and champion AI-assisted development tools in collaboration with Production, Design, and Art/TA to deliver major features.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience delivering complex, multi-platform systems or live-service titles.
• 4+ years of direct engineering leadership experience, including managing managers or multi-team organizations.
• Experience with mentoring, goal setting, mediation and career planning.
• Experience identifying and recruiting talent based on staffing requirements; understanding interviewing techniques.
• Demonstrated history of leading multi-year technical strategies and driving organizational growth.
• Deep technical background in large-scale software design, modern programming paradigms (C++, C#, Java), distributed systems, and platform ecosystems.
• Expertise in establishing processes and metrics to improve team health and execution quality.
• Experience evaluating AI technologies and guiding teams through tool and workflow transformations.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct line management, coaching, performance management, and career development for Engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Organize and lead mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and initiatives that grow engineering capability and collaboration.
• Partner with leadership on headcount planning, team structuring, succession planning, hiring, and onboarding.
• Guide long-term technical strategy aligned with product vision and studio-wide goals across multiple workstreams.
• Partner with Production, Design, Art/TA, QV, and other disciplines to align priorities and deliver cohesive product outcomes.
• Foster an engineering culture focused on ownership, predictable delivery, quality, and collaboration.
• Uphold standards for architecture, code quality, performance, testing, continuous delivery, and debt management.
• Oversee engineering execution across multiple teams, managing risks and dependencies for major features.
• Evaluate new technologies and toolchains to guide make-vs-buy decisions and adoption of AI.

Skills

10+ years experience

Engineering leadership

Mentoring

Talent recruitment

Technical strategy

C++

C#

Java

Distributed systems

AI adoption

Job description

Electronic Arts seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams, shape technical strategy, and grow talent across disciplines. The role is hybrid, with 3 days per week at our Burnaby studio in British Columbia and reports to the Technical Director.

You will mentor engineers, plan headcount, align with product vision, drive delivery quality, and champion AI-assisted development tools in collaboration with Production, Design, and Art/TA to deliver major features.