Senior Software Engineer - Real-Time Animation Engine

Frostbite; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation

Sick leave

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Animation team to develop core animation systems and editor tools. You will collaborate with content creators to build features in C++ and C#, and mentor junior engineers in a hybrid remote/in-office environment.

Responsibilities include owning features from design through testing, optimizing runtime performance, and working with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver immersive animation experiences for EA titles.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong professional programming skills to improve and debug C++ and C# code.
• Experience working with 3D math, including transforms, rotations, and coordinate systems.
• Experience in game engine development.
• Performance and memory profiling.
• Experience with concurrent programming models.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Build performant systems and features across our runtime animation engine (C++) and content creator tools (C#).
• Take ownership of animation features from technical design through to production, testing, and multi-platform support.
• Improve tool and game runtime performance.
• Partner with animators, technical artists, and game development teams to turn creative concepts into playable features.
• Participate in design and code reviews, collaborating with the team to share knowledge and keep our codebase reliable and easy to work in.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team to support their technical growth.

Skills

C++

C#

3D math

Game engine

Performance profiling

Concurrency

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

WPF

Editor tools

Job description

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Animation team to develop core animation systems and editor tools. You will collaborate with content creators to build features in C++ and C#, and mentor junior engineers in a hybrid remote/in-office environment.

Responsibilities include owning features from design through testing, optimizing runtime performance, and working with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver immersive animation experiences for EA titles.