Senior Software Engineer- Generalist (Apex Legends)

Electronic Arts; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Sick time

Company holidays

Paid parental leave

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Los Angeles/Hybrid invites a Senior Software Engineer to drive core technologies for Apex Legends. You’ll collaborate with engineers, designers, and artists to enhance performance and stability across engines and services.

The role requires strong C/C++, Python, and live-service experience, with a focus on debugging, profiling, and scalable systems in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing and maintaining software or equivalent game development experience.
• Experience in large, shared codebases, in games or otherwise.
• Strong working knowledge of C/C++.
• Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with profiling, auditing, and optimizing software performance.
• Experience debugging and supporting software in production.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Debug and resolve complex issues in large-scale codebases across multiple layers.
• Collaborate to quantify game performance, prevent regressions, and improve launch stability.
• Design, own, and maintain gameplay and engine systems with a focus on performance and stability.
• Analyze live telemetry and crash data to guide improvements impacting player experience.
• Build tools and automated content validation to keep pipelines moving and bugs away from players.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Performance profiling

Debugging production

Large codebases experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

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.

Senior Software Engineer - Generalist (Apex Legends)

Location: Hybrid - Vancouver or Los Angeles

Reports to: Lead Software Engineer

Job Summary

Founded in 2010, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Respawn Entertainment is the Academy Award-winning studio behind Apex Legends, Titanfall, and Star Wars Jedi titles. Join us to help shape the future of one of the world’s leading live service franchises: Apex Legends. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will drive the development of foundational technologies and work to improve the performance and stability of Apex Legends. You will work closely with gameplay teams—engineers, designers, artists, animators, and producers—to create and maintain a wide variety of systems across our entire technical stack, from the engine to our game services backend. Ultimately, your work will help ensure every new release of the game to our players is of outstanding quality and the best experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Debug and resolve complex issues in large-scale codebases across a variety of abstraction layers.
• Collaborate with other engineers to quantify game performance, prevent regressions, and improve launch stability.
• Design, own, and maintain our gameplay and engine systems, focused on performance and stability across consoles and dedicated servers.
• Analyze live telemetry and crash data to find defects, prioritize fixes, and guide improvements that directly impact the player experience.
• Build the tools and automated content validation that keep artists, designers, and QA moving quickly and prevent bugs from reaching players.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years developing and maintaining software, or equivalent game development experience.
• Experience working in large, shared codebases, in games or otherwise.
• Strong working knowledge of C/C++.
• Proficiency in programming or scripting languages such as Python.
• Experience with profiling, auditing, and optimizing software performance.
• Experience debugging and supporting software running in production.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on a live service game or other continuously operated product, including feature flags, kill switches, and staged rollouts.
• Familiarity with embedded scripting languages and the boundary between engine code and game script.
• Experience with content or asset build pipelines and adding automated validation to them.
• Experience building developer-facing or content-creator tooling.
• Experience with backend or web services and cloud infrastructure.

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Pay Ranges

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) $141,400 - $204,400 CAD
• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) $165,000 - $256,000 USD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

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.