Application Engineer

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is fun. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

This exciting role offers you the opportunity to work on Enterprise applications and services. You will have the chance to become a domain expert for key applications used in game development, including Perforce, GitLab, Jenkins and JIRA. You can work with game teams such as FIFA, Madden, Battlefield and Battlefront, and central teams such as Frostbite and Origin. You have a focus on innovation and use a deep passion for technology.

Key Responsibilities and Skills

Scope Considerations

COMPLEXITY

Work on problems of moderate scope and complexity

GUIDANCE

Receive detailed instructions on projects as assigned and guided by a more senior engineer

Impact a project/team on small projects; may contribute as part of a team on larger projects

INFLUENCE CIRCLE

Influence internal project team

Decision-making

Investigate and explore options; inform decisions

Make local daily decisions that affect their work

Capabilities – What We Do

REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND PLANNING

Report progress and status through regular email or face-to-face communication with appropriate leads/managers

SOLUTION DESIGN AND APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE

Understand the application architecture and solution design

APPLICATION BUILD AND SUSTAIN

Develop solutions as part of the game development application services portfolio that are modular, testable and reliable

Participate in actions related to the installation and maintenance of production systems

Discuss and raise issues with project/scrum team

Participate in service outages and restoration during an incident’s life cycle

QUALITY ENGINEERING

Understand business, product, technology requirements

Design, writes and executes test cases

File and regress bugs (JIRA)

Capabilities – How We Do It

PRESENT AND COMMUNICATE

Edits different materials (. wiki, presentations)

Present materials to colleagues and peers

Provide constructive ideas and feedback to peers

Communicate with customers, including communicating complex technical problems to all kinds of audiences

DELIVERY MANAGEMENT

Provide effort estimations for assigned work

Update their task schedules

Identify and voices scheduling issues or conflicts

Participate in root cause analysis and corrective actions

COLLABORATION

Participate in small cross-discipline collaborative efforts inside of their own domain

Brainstorm solutions to problems within a group

Gather and share knowledge relating to collaborative efforts

Ensure collaborative decisions are made promptly

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Manage applications used in Game Development

Several open source technologies and Cloud services is an asset

Understanding of networking concepts is an asset; . routing, subnets, DNS.

Experience with Virtual Machines, servers and other related hardware is an asset

We Thought You Might Also Want to Know

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages; and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes excellent people to make excellent games, we offer great benefits packages and a culture that grows from creativity and individuality.

Don’t Just Play It – Create It!

It’s not easy building the world’s best digital playground. It’s hair-standing-on-end exhilarating. It’s down-in-the-trenches challenging. It’s stroke-of-brilliance-at-midnight creative. It’s you—taking risks, challenging yourself, pursuing ideas, changing the way millions of people do something they love: play. In an industry that’s changing every day, EA is positioned for growth thanks to smart plans, acquisitions, and most importantly, our creative people around the world who gather each day to unite the world through play. We take that last part very seriously, so if what you’re reading excites you as much as it does us, apply today.