Senior Security Software Engineer

Electronic Arts (EA); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts seeks a Senior Security Software Engineer II to shape and deliver secure, scalable systems across multiple teams. You will design internal platforms, define patterns, and lead architectural decisions with a strong focus on developer experience, reliability, and security at scale.

You will mentor engineers and influence across EA, collaborating with platform, SRE, and software teams to improve production reliability and security posture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience building and operating distributed systems at scale.
• Proven track record delivering complex initiatives across multiple teams or domains.
• Strong fundamentals in one modern programming language and ability to work across others.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive large cross-cutting technical initiatives spanning multiple teams and domains.
• Define and break down ambiguous problems and lead to practical, high-impact solutions.
• Design and evolve internal platforms and shared services to improve scalability and developer experience.
• Establish engineering patterns and best practices in system design, observability, and service reliability.
• Lead architectural decisions with pragmatic trade-offs across performance, reliability, cost, and speed of delivery.
• Contribute to critical parts of the system requiring deep technical expertise.
• Improve production operations including monitoring, incident response, and long-term reliability.
• Influence technical direction through design reviews and hands-on leadership.
• Mentor engineers across levels, helping raise the technical bar.
• Partner with EA teams to remove friction via better platform design and tooling.

Skills

Distributed systems

Polyglot stack

Node.js

.NET

Rust

TypeScript

Kubernetes

AWS

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Observability

SRE principles

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Job description

Description & Requirements

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.

Central Technology is the force multiplier, accelerating creative opportunity and progress at EA. We’re a world-class community of technologists, innovators, strategists, and orchestrators transforming interactive entertainment. Together, we power the platforms, AI-driven tools, live services, and infrastructure that ensure global scale, secure player experiences, and unlock bold new possibilities.

EA Security protects our players, employees, products, and platforms. We set security standards, support game and enterprise teams, assess risk across partners and systems, and ensure compliance with global requirements. Our work strengthens system integrity, supports fair play, and enables teams to build and operate securely at scale.

The Senior Security Software Engineer II reports to the Director, Developer Security in the Developer Security team.

This role is aimed at engineers who operate beyond the scope of a single team or service. You will be responsible for identifying, shaping, and delivering solutions to complex, often ambiguous problems that span multiple systems and teams. You will help define and evolve the internal platforms that enable EA teams to build, ship, and operate software securely at scale. This includes working across software engineering, platform engineering, and SRE concerns, with a strong focus on developer experience, system reliability, and operational excellence.

Our environment is intentionally polyglot, and you’ll be expected to work pragmatically across multiple languages, frameworks, and infrastructure rather than specialising in a single stack. Success in this role is measured not just by the code you write, but by the impact you have on how systems are designed, how teams operate, and how effectively engineers across the organisation can deliver high-quality software.

You will play a key role in shaping the platforms and systems that power how EA builds and operates software. Your work will influence not just a single team, but how multiple teams across the company deliver reliable, secure, and scalable services to millions of players.

What You’ll Do

• Own and drive large, cross-cutting technical initiatives that span multiple teams, systems, and domains
• Define and break down ambiguous problem spaces, and lead them through to practical, high-impact solutions
• Design and evolve internal platforms and shared services that improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience
• Establish and promote engineering patterns and best practices in areas such as system design, observability, and service reliability
• Lead architectural decisions, making pragmatic trade-offs across performance, reliability, cost, and speed of delivery
• Contribute directly to critical parts of the system where deep technical expertise is required
• Improve how systems are operated in production, including monitoring, incident response, and long-term reliability improvements
• Influence technical direction across teams through design reviews, collaboration, and hands-on leadership
• Mentor engineers at multiple levels, particularly Senior engineers, helping to raise the overall technical bar
• Partner with teams across EA to understand workflows and remove friction through better platform design and tooling

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ Years experience building and operating distributed systems at scale, with a strong understanding of production challenges and failure modes
• A track record of delivering complex technical initiatives across multiple teams or domains, not just within a single codebase
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with deep proficiency in at least one modern programming language and the ability to work across others
• Experience working across a broad, polyglot technology stack, for example:
• Backend and services: Node.js, .NET, Rust, PHP
• Frontend and web platforms: React, Angular, Next.js, TypeScript
• Infrastructure and platform: Kubernetes, AWS (including EKS, ECS/Fargate), CI/CD systems (e.g. GitLab CI), GitOps tooling (e.g. ArgoCD)
• Proven ability to design or evolve platform-level systems, internal developer platforms, or shared infrastructure
• Solid understanding of SRE principles, including observability, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and system health
• Experience improving system reliability and developer productivity through automation, platform design, and intelligent tooling
• Experience designing systems and workflows that are highly automatable and extensible, with well-defined interfaces for both human and programmatic use
• Experience with modern delivery practices, including Infrastructure-as-Code and automated pipelines
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, define problems, and drive solutions without needing detailed direction
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with experience aligning engineers and stakeholders across teams

Nice to Have

• Experience building or scaling internal developer platforms or self-service tooling
• Familiarity with large-scale CI/CD or build systems
• Experience improving developer experience and productivity across organisations
• Background in high-availability or live service environments
• Exposure to security or compliance domains

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.