Software Engineer - Sports and Racing

Job Description

We are EA Electronic Arts Inc. is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop games, content and online services across platforms.

Team

Quality Engineering is a global practice at EA, with teams present in many of our studios world-wide. Our Sports & Racing team is present in studios across US, Canada, Romania, Spain. In Bucharest, the team provides support for EA Sports titles such as FC, F1 and WRC. Through close partnership with Game Developers and Quality Verification teams, Quality Engineers aim to improve the player experience by delivering technical solutions that reduce testing time, enhance productivity and improve the quality verification and game development lifecycle.

Role

We are looking for an experienced .NET Software Engineer with web development experience and an in-depth understanding of C#/.NET. You should have experience developing RESTful applications, and have a desire to deliver without sacrificing quality.

You will report directly to the Engineering Manager, based in Bucharest and contribute to our engineering efforts by working with our game development and testing teams to help build an automation platform to support our games being released with the highest quality.

Responsibilities
• Develop, support, and own features on the automation platform and web services.
• Monitor the stability of the automation platform and escalate any issues or improvement opportunities
• Report regular status against assigned tasks and identify project risks.
• Work with Dev and QA partners to identify areas for improvement through new tools and automation strategies.
• Build, test, and deploy solutions that support automation deliverables.
• Support an increased adoption of automation and tools within game teams.
• Identify and recommend debug and telemetry enhancements to aid testing.
• Provide technical expertise and debug support to other engineers on our teams.
• Participate in knowledge sharing sessions - increasing knowledge of existing tools, automation and testing processes.
• Perform risk analysis of new features – identifying impact and scope.
• Escalate risks and recommend upstream tools, automation and processes.
• Help identify team member growth areas, providing technical guidance, mentorship

You will be an important contributor in our team's latest approach for ensuring its games meet the highest possible software quality standards.

Qualifications

Technical skills:
• BS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• 6+ years professional experience in C# and/or C++ programming languages.
• Experience working with online services/servers.
• Knowledge of REST-based APIs.
• Knowledge of HTML and frontend frameworks.
• Experience with a non-relational/NoSQL database such as Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or DynamoDB
• Experience with relational database such as MySQL
• Experience using containers technologies (Docker)
• Knowledge of live development cycles and requirements.

Soft skills:
• Work with others and a desire to collaborate;
• Familiar with Agile methodology;
• Manage responsibilities;
• Learn and apply new concepts, principles and solutions;
• You will have to collaborate with teams, including software developers, system administrators, and QA engineers, to address operational challenges and improve system reliability

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