Systems Software Engineer - EA SPORTS UFC

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 3 weeks

Sick time 10 days

Top-up benefits

Health/dental/vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Bonus potential

Job summary

EA SPORTS is seeking a Systems Software Engineer for the Vancouver studio to shape engine and platform technology supporting gameplay, animation, rendering, online features, and internal tools. This hybrid role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, owning complex initiatives and helping teams solve performance-sensitive challenges across large game codebases.

The position reports to a Senior Software Engineer and requires collaborative, cross‑disciplinary work with franchise and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with large or performance-sensitive systems.
• Expertise in C++ and large, complex codebases.
• Knowledge of memory management, multithreading, runtime performance, and platform constraints.
• Experience with game engines, real-time systems, tooling, automation, or multi-platform development.
• Experience delivering complex systems end to end.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to rapid prototype, accelerate execution and automate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Guide our teams on platform capabilities, engine behaviour, and system‑level tradeoffs.
• Define and deliver engine, platform, automation, and release strategies.
• Build shared solutions that enable our teams to design and ship scalable features.
• Improve performance, memory use, load times, stability, and developer workflows.
• Own systems initiatives from planning through delivery, including risks and technical KPIs.
• Partner with our franchise and central technology teams to share solutions and best practices.

Skills

C++

Large codebases

Multithreading

Performance optimization

Job description

About the Role

The Systems Software Engineer will shape and deliver engine and platform technology supporting gameplay, animation, rendering, online, front end, and tools for the EA SPORTS UFC franchise. The role combines hands‑on engineering with technical leadership, owning complex initiatives and helping teams solve performance-sensitive systems challenges. The position is part of the EA SPORTS UFC team in Vancouver, British Columbia, which aims to become the world's greatest fighting game. The role follows a hybrid model, working three days per week at the EAV Studio in Burnaby, British Columbia, and reports to a Senior Software Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide our teams on platform capabilities, engine behaviour, and system‑level tradeoffs.
• Help us define and deliver engine, platform, automation, and release strategies.
• Build shared solutions that enable our teams to design and ship scalable features.
• Improve performance, memory use, load times, stability, and developer workflows.
• Own systems initiatives from planning through delivery, including risks and technical KPIs.
• Partner with our franchise and central technology teams to share solutions and best practices.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with large or performance-sensitive systems.
• Expertise in C++ and large, complex codebases.
• Knowledge of memory management, multithreading, runtime performance, and platform constraints.
• Experience with game engines, real-time systems, tooling, automation, or multi-platform development.
• Experience delivering complex systems end to end.
• Experience in utilizing AI-assisted development tools (e.g. coding agents) to rapid prototype, accelerate execution and automate workflows, with the ability to critically review and validate AI-generated code.

Workplace

• Hybrid – three days per week at EAV Studio in Burnaby, British Columbia

Benefits & Perks

• 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 welcoming 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 for regular full-time employees
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs

About the Company

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.