Software Engineer- Backend

As an Online Backend Software Engineer at Electronic Arts, your primary focus will be on designing and implementing scalable, distributed backend systems for matchmaking in EAs biggest titles. Collaborating closely with your team and partner studios, you will maintain, enhance, and extend core services to ensure a high-performance, stable, and seamless multiplayer gaming experience enjoyed by millions of players worldwide. **Responsibilities:** - Design new services covering storage, application logic, and management console - Enhance and add features to existing systems - Research and select new technologies to meet challenging requirements - Collaborate with engineers to deliver next-gen online features for games - Optimize performance and scalability of server systems - Participate in the full product cycle from design to deployment and support - Maintain automated tests for backend services - Advocate for best practices within the engineering team - Work with product managers to improve features supporting EAs business **Qualifications:** - Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field - 2+ years of professional programming experience with Go/C#/C++ - Experience with AWS EC2, ElastiCache, ELB, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform - Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases - Proficiency in all phases of product development lifecycle - Strong problem-solving skills and sense of collaboration - Excellent written and verbal communication - Self-motivated and able to work autonomously **Bonus Qualifications:** - Experience with Jenkins, Groovy, Ansible, Google gRPC, protobuf - Knowledge of highly scalable, distributed systems - Familiarity with Cassandra, Apache Spark, AWS S3 - Experience in stress testing, performance tuning, and optimization - Background in the games industry At Electronic Arts, we take pride in our diverse portfolio of games and experiences, global locations, and growth opportunities. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity, empowering our teams to excel. Our holistic benefits programs emphasize wellness in various aspects of life, including healthcare, mental well-being, retirement savings, family leaves, and more. We strive to create environments where our teams can unleash their full potential and deliver exceptional work.,