Senior Software Engineer (Devops)
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. At EA, we build world-class entertainment experiences for players around the globe. We're a team that values creativity, collaboration, and impact where you can help shape how great games are made. You will report to a Senior Technical Director within the Game Developer Experience (GDX) team. We build and scale the CI ecosystem that powers builds and preflight systems across multiple EA games. GDX focuses on delivering a CI platform that is optimised for performance, cost, and the evolving needs of game development teams. This is a hybrid role based in Vancouver. You'll work with us and our studio partners to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across our build platform.
Requirements
- 7+ years as a Software Engineer, with increasing levels of responsibility.
- Experience working on large-scale build/release systems or developer platforms (e.g., AAA games or DevOps platforms).
- Experience with CI/CD principles and workflows.
- Proficiency in one or more scripting or programming languages (C#, PowerShell, Bash, or similar).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks and propose practical solutions.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a hybrid, collaborative environment.
Nice To Haves
- Perforce is a plus
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab)
- Write automation in C#, PowerShell, Bash, or similar
- Troubleshoot build failures and improve performance
- Support Git-based workflows (Perforce is a plus)
- Automate infrastructure using Terraform, Packer, Ansible, or Chef
- Partner with us to improve reliability, observability, and developer workflows
- Contribute to incident response and continuous system improvements
Benefits
- 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
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- retirement plan
- complimentary games
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
