Software Engineer II - Social Platform at Electronic Arts

The Infrastructure and Platform Services team (IPS) is the backbone of EA's global gaming ecosystem, delivering the technology that powers EA's live games and player experiences. IPS provides a deep portfolio of digital platform gaming services and production infrastructure to EA's game studios. From scalable cloud solutions to AI-driven gameplay services, IPS ensures that EA's games are available anytime, anywhere for millions of players worldwide.As a Software Developer on our Social Platform team, you will help to build our new cross-game, cross-platform, and always-on Social Platform. This large-scale collection of services will power the social relationships and interactions of EA's network of games, and capture information that will be experienced by tens of millions of monthly active users. You will build platform capabilities handling several hundred-thousand requests per second and server-side systems.You will report to the Sr. Manager of Engineering.Responsibilities:You will create and work on large-scale distributed backend services, creating new features and updating existing ones.You will resolve defects during QA testing, pre-production, production, and from the live environment.You will design large portions of the software, from features to entire applications.Qualifications:Proficiency with Java and Go programming3+ years of experience working on online services (preferably gRPC) at an internet consumer scaleExperience working with cloud technology and cloud provider services to build SaaS applicationsExperience with DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Agile developmentExperience with source control systems (preferably using git)Bonus:Experience working with KubernetesExperience building on Amazon Web ServicesExperience using technologies such as Kafka, ElasticSearch, Redis, NATS, MongoDB, YugabyteDB, or other SQL or NoSQL DBMS in production systemsExperience using GenAI tools to boost productivityExperience with load testing and performance analysis of distributed systemsThis is a hybrid remote/in-office role. Apply Now