Senior Software Engineer

Electronic Arts (EA); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Mental well-being support

Paid time off

Job summary

Electronic Arts (EA) is seeking an experienced engineer in Austin, Texas, to own and drive large technical initiatives that span multiple teams and systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience building and operating distributed systems, excellence in a modern programming language, and a strong background in automation and infrastructure tools. EA values creativity and offers a supportive work environment aimed at nurturing growth, wellness, and community engagement.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language.
• Proven track record of delivering complex technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive large, cross-cutting technical initiatives.
• Define ambiguous problem spaces and lead to practical solutions.
• Establish and promote engineering patterns and best practices.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Distributed systems

Communication and influencing skills

Automation

Infrastructure-as-Code

Tools

Node.js

Kubernetes

AWS

React

CI/CD systems

Job description

Overview

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.

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

• Extensive 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
• 7+ Years 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.