Software Engineer - Live Content

Job Description

Software Engineer - Live Content (Apex Legends)

Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when experienced people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide. Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.

The Apex Legends Live Content team is a multi-disciplinary group of developers that deals with the store, seasonal content, events, challenges, retention, engagement, player messaging, and more. You'll work with product managers, artists, producers, and QA to support and build upon the live game.

Responsibilities
• Work closely with our partners to build scalable, user facing features and support those feature through the release process
• Provide technical contributions to a nimble team focused on store features and workflow improvements
• Design, implement, document, debug and test C++ code
• Manage internal and external partnerships through challenging technical integrations
• Liaison for technical task planning, estimation and road mapping with Product Management
• Mentor team members in technical best practices and manage their career growth

Required Qualifications
• Experience writing scalable, testable, performant code and script
• Hands on C~C++ Experience. Ability to understand and debug on a large codebase
• Been part of a team that has shipped at least one AAA title

Desired Qualifications
• Experience working with web services and scripting languages (Squirrel Script/Lua/PHP)
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with integrating 3rd party live service libraries (Attribution / Analytics / AB Testing / Identity / Etc)
• Game Platform experience preferred - Origin/Steam/PS4/Xbox/Switch
• Experience working with Product/Production to create roadmaps/user stories/work items
• Passion for making and playing games
• CS degree preferred or equivalent experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0z1ym-3-143-9-115-42 in your application.