Senior Software Engineering Manager - EA SPORTSTM UFC

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 141,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 3 weeks

Sick leave 10 days

Health & dental

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Bonus potential

Job summary

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead diverse, global engineering teams in a hybrid/onsite role in Vancouver, BC. You will mentor engineers, drive staffing, and foster an agile culture focused on delivery and quality to create top-tier gaming experiences.

You will coordinate with product owners and partners, manage career growth, and stay current with engineering advances to support EA SPORTS franchises.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or 10+ years relevant work experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading agile engineering teams of 6+ engineers.
• Experience mentoring, goal setting, mediation and career planning.
• Experience identifying and recruiting talent; understands interviewing techniques.
• Technical and practical understanding of OOP and C++ to coach engineers.
• Experience with Perforce, Git, Visual Studio; familiar with CI/CD best practices.

Responsibilities

• Run all aspects of people management for diverse, global engineering teams.
• Improve team health, stress awareness and well-being.
• Organize mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and guidance for engineers.
• Drive staffing and recruitment to grow engineering culture.
• Foster an agile culture emphasizing delivery, quality, and craftsmanship.
• Determine technical resource requirements to meet project goals.
• Promote processes and management of tasks for teams/features.
• Coordinate planning with team members, partners, and product owners.
• Improve workflows, tools, and iteration loops to boost productivity.
• Stay up-to-date with latest engineering developments and attend events.

Skills

People leadership

Mentoring

Agile engineering

Team coaching

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

10+ years relevant work experience

Tools

Perforce

Git

Visual Studio

CI/CD tools

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.

This role will be hybrid/onsite in Vancouver, BC.

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden® NFL and College Football®, FC®, NHL®, and EA SPORTS UFC®.

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players across the globe. It delivers fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through inventive gameplay technology.

The EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

Senior Software Engineering Manager

In your role as a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will help us build a motivated team. You will bring a background of varied technical capabilities that can include system design, engineering workflows, and online architectures. Reporting to a Senior Engineering Manager or Technical Director, this means building thoughtful engineering teams, partnering with the teams and responsibilities that your teams will support, always with an eye on how to achieve the best quality capabilities and services that our players can rely on.

Responsibilities

• You will run all aspects of people management for your diverse and global engineering teams. This ranges from hiring, to career growth and promotion, to performance management.
• You will improve team health (stress awareness and managing employee well-being).
• Organize and lead mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and guidance to grow your engineers.
• Drive staffing and recruitment for our teams. Help us by hiring the engineers we need to grow our engineering culture.
• Foster an agile engineering culture that values delivery, quality, and good craftsmanship.
• Determine the technical resource requirements to meet project goals.
• Promote and help create technical processes, plans, and management of tasks for technical teams/features.
• Coordinate strategic efforts and planning with team members, project partners, product owners, and other partners.
• Improve workflows, tools, and iteration loops to increase productivity.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest developments in engineering and technology, including attendance at conferences, seminars, and meet-ups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 10+ year relevant work experience
• 5+ years of experience leading agile engineering teams of 6+ engineers
• Experience with mentoring, goal setting, mediation and career planning
• Experience identifying and recruiting talent based on staffing requirements; you understand candidate hiring practices including interviewing techniques
• Technical and practical understanding of OOP and C++ that enables you to coach engineers in their trade
• Experience with development environment tools such as Perforce, Git, Visual Studio
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment best practices

Pay Transparency - North America

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) $141,400 - $204,400 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.