Gameplay Engineer (Apex Legends)
About The Position
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. We are looking for an experienced Gameplay Engineer to help build and support high-quality player-facing gameplay features for a live-service multiplayer game. This role will partner closely with designers and cross-disciplinary teams to prototype, implement, iterate, and polish features that contribute to compelling moment-to-moment gameplay and broader game experiences.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in software development engineering on gameplay teams.
- Shipped multiplayer video game titles.
- Experience working on Live Service video game titles.
- Experience working with a large codebase, managing and improving performance and budget.
- Advanced C++/C skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with designers to develop, prototype, iterate, and polish gameplay features that support the overall creative vision of the game.
- Implement and maintain gameplay systems with a focus on reliability, performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
- Support core gameplay development across multiple gameplay areas, including player-facing systems, weapons, abilities, and mode-specific features.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to help deliver features that integrate cleanly into the broader game experience.
- Work with engineers, designers, artists, animators, QA, and production to deliver high-quality features on schedule while managing technical risk.
- Investigate and resolve bugs, regressions, edge cases, and gameplay issues across a large, complex codebase.
- Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and ongoing improvements to engineering standards, workflows, and shared gameplay technology.
- Help ensure that new gameplay features are robust, scalable, performant, and appropriate for a live multiplayer environment.
- Provide guidance to other engineers through technical feedback, implementation support, and clear communication of tradeoffs.
Benefits
- paid time off (3 weeks per year to start)
- 80 hours per year of sick time
- 16 paid company holidays per year
- 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- 401(k)
- vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
- 10 days per year of sick time
- paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
- extended health/dental/vision coverage
- retirement plan
- bonus and other incentive programs
- healthcare coverage
- mental well-being support
- retirement savings
- paid time off
- family leaves
- complimentary games
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
