Senior Game Engine Developer (Hybrid) — C++/AAA

Workingames; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts seeks a Software Developer to help build an agentic harness for game logic generation, integrating creator-focused systems into our engine across multiple studios in Redwood City, Montreal, or Vancouver. The role combines engine work with safety, tool orchestration, and production-ready features.

You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, artists, and designers to turn prototypes into scalable engine features, shaping architecture and the creator experience for next-gen

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience with AAA game engines (Frostbite, Unity, Unreal, Godot, or proprietary).
• Expertise in C++.
• Experience with Python.
• Experience with agentic harnesses and workflows (Claude Code, Codex, Opencode).
• Experience with context engineering, graph engineering, and long running workflow orchestration.
• Experience with game engine development domains (gameplay, simulation, systems, content pipelines, performance-critical systems).

Responsibilities

• Build and extend an agentic harness for game logic generation, covering tool orchestration, context management, and integration into the engine.
• Partner with engine developers to enable generative creation workflows.
• Implement guardrails including sandboxed execution, permissioned tool access, content-safety and IP checks, and human review points.
• Build evaluation for agent output and automated regression suites.
• Collaborate with researchers, developers, artists, and designers to translate prototypes into production-ready features.
• Design extensible interfaces for rapid iteration while maintaining architectural integrity and usability.
• Define how you productize new technologies within the engine, influencing architecture and creator experience.

Skills

C++

Python

agentic harnesses/workflows

context engineering

graph engineering

long running workflow orchestration

Tools

Frostbite Engine

Unity

Unreal Engine

Godot

proprietary engine

Job description

Electronic Arts seeks a Software Developer to help build an agentic harness for game logic generation, integrating creator-focused systems into our engine across multiple studios in Redwood City, Montreal, or Vancouver. The role combines engine work with safety, tool orchestration, and production-ready features.

You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, artists, and designers to turn prototypes into scalable engine features, shaping architecture and the creator experience for next-gen