Software Engineer, League Operations - Esports at Electronic Arts

The future of entertainment is interactive, and our Marketing team plays an important role in this future by building content, culture, and community around our brands. We empower audiences to Play, Create, Watch, and Connect across our amazing franchises and experiences, including The Sims, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FC, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. We’re a multi-functional group, with world-class expertise in building fandoms, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the center of the broader entertainment ecosystem. SummaryWe’re looking for a full-stack software engineer working on-site, hybrid, or remotely based in North America to join the EA Esports team who can work across our portfolio of esports technology, including backend services, broadcast tools, statistics databases, and player-facing competition experiences.As a software engineer on the League Operations team, you will inherit ownership of our existing esports technology stack. You will design, implement, and maintain awesome new products that boost internal efficiency, drive fan engagement, and improve the player experience. In this role, you’ll collaborate with many different teams within EA and report to the Lead Software Developer, League Operations, EA Esports.Together, we will inspire the world to play competitively and make stars of our players and teams. ResponsibilitiesWork as part of the League Operations team to support the delivery of exceptional online and in-person esports competitions and broadcastsContribute to the planning, design, implementation, and testing of our internal tournament management tools, APIs, stats databases, competition websites, and other player-facing esports featuresPartner with EA’s broadcast teams and external partners to serve programmatic competition data (stats, rosters, schedules, event metadata), enabling them to create extraordinary live broadcasts and in-arena experiences for players and fansPartner closely with EA’s broadcast teams and external partners that drives world‑class shows and productsYou will help identify, negotiate with, and ultimately integrate technology solutions from external vendors that improve player and fan experiences around our global esports programs Uphold engineering excellence: code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, documentation, and incident response with a rotational on‑call during live eventsFoster strong relationships with other engineering teams within EA to leverage existing products and technology to achieve our goalsYou will spend roughly 70% of your time hands-on programming, building and maintaining efficient, reusable, and reliable codeRequirements3+ years of professional software engineering experienceProficiency in modern programming languages within our stack, including Go, TypeScript, SQL, JavaScript, VueJS / NuxtJS, and NodeJSStrong understanding of API design (REST) and real-time communication protocols (WebSockets, OSC)Experience operating production services at scale (Docker, autoscaling, CI/CD, logging, monitoring, and alerting)Strong SQL schema design and query optimization fundamentalsFamiliarity with GitHub and project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) and the ability to produce clear technical documentationComfort managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, live‑event environment; willingness to support a rotational on‑call and work some evenings/weekends during event periods; ability to travel internationally for esports events several times per year (approx. 5–10%)You enjoy being a subject matter expert and one of the 'go-to' people for all things esports technology, statistics, and other competition dataBonusExperience working with cloud architecture across platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud PlatformKnowledge of worldwide esports industry trends, programs, and best practicesPrevious experience playing games in a competitive environmentPassion for gaming, esports, and/or traditional sportExperience developing tools or applications that leverage modern game APIsPrior collaboration with broadcast and live event production teams in esports or sportsUnderstanding of both cloud-based and local networking principlesExperience using Protobuf for data serializationExposure to Discord app development and webhooks Apply Now