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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.\nCentral Technology is the force multiplier, accelerating creative opportunity and progress at EA. We’re a world-class community of technologists, innovators, strategists, and orchestrators transforming interactive entertainment. Together, we power the platforms, AI-driven tools, live services, and infrastructure that ensure global scale, secure player experiences, and unlock bold new possibilities.\nInfrastructure & Platform Services builds and runs the technology foundation for EA’s games. Our teams deliver the live services and backend infrastructure that are used to ship, scale, and operate secure, reliable game experiences for millions of players worldwide.\nWe are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Service Enablement organization as a technical leader and change-maker. In this role, you will lead a team of software developers transitioning from traditional infrastructure support to an automated, platform-product engineering model.\nThis is not a traditional DevOps or systems administration role. We are looking for a software craftsman who is highly proficient in Python and Go, passionate about the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and deeply experienced in driving execution within a structured Agile/Scrumframework.\nYou will partner closely with our Architecture team to establish foundational software engineering processes (code review standards, CI/CD, testing, release schedules) across the organization, while also stepping into the Product Owner (PO)role for core development initiatives and serving as our team’s Jira champion.\nKey Responsibilities\nSoftware Engineering & Code Standards (Python & Go)\nWrite Production-Grade Code:Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable microservices and APIs using Pythonand Go.\n\nEstablish Code Quality Guardrails:Define and enforce organization-wide coding standards, including linting, auto-formatting (e.g., Black, flake8, golangci-lint), static analysis, and documentation.\n\nLead Rigorous Code Reviews:Implement and champion a structured peer review workflow (branching strategies, clear Merge/Pull Request templates, mandatory peer sign-offs, squash-and-merge policies, and branch hygiene).\n\nTechnical Leadership & SDLC Governance\nOwn the Full SDLC:Guide engineering projects through every lifecycle phase, establishing milestones for Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), structured release schedules, semantic versioning, and End-of-Life (EoL) / End-of-Support (EoS) roadmaps.\n\nArchitecture Alignment:Partner closely with Architecture to translate high-level technical strategies into concrete, team-level engineering implementations.\n\nTeam Mentorship & Growth:Act as the technical anchor for junior and mid-level engineers, providing active mentoring, technical pairing, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.\n\nAgile/Scrum Leadership, Product Ownership & Jira Management\nAgile Advocacy:Model and reinforce daily Agile/Scrum hygiene (sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives) to help the team mature in its delivery cadence.\n\nAct as Product Owner (PO):Step into the Product Owner role for key internal platforms-collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements, break down epics, and prioritize sprint backlogs against business value.\n\nFluent Jira Ticket Management:Actively maintain and organize Jira boards, ensuring user stories have well-defined acceptance criteria, accurate estimation, and clean status tracking throughout every sprint.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ yearsof professional software engineering experience designing, building, and maintaining production software systems in Pythonand/or Go.\n\nAgile Native:Extensive experience working in a mature, fast-paced Agile/Scrumsoftware development environment.\n\nSDLC Discipline:Proven track record of guiding software through the complete development lifecycle (ideation, MVP, automated testing, versioned releases, deprecation).\n\nCode Review Champion:Strong proficiency with Git collaboration workflows, branching conventions (trunk-based or Gitflow), and automated CI/CD validation.\n\nAPI Architecture:Proven experience designing and implementing maintainable RESTful or gRPC APIs.\n\nJira Fluency:Highly proficient in Jira for ticket lifecycle management, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and workflow tracking.\n\nLeadership & Communication:Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated capability to lead, influence, and elevate an engineering team.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nFamiliarity with containerized application environments (Docker, Kubernetes).\n\nExperience developing automation workloads, Slack integrations, or AI-assisted tooling (Agentic AI).\n\nFamiliarity with core infrastructure security concepts (API security, token management, certificate lifecycles, or secrets management).\n\nPay Transparency - North America\nCOMPENSATION AND BENEFITS\nThe ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).\nPAY RANGES\n* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$141,400 - $204,400 CAD\nPay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.\nFor Canada, we offer a package of benefits including 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 to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.\n\nAbout Electronic Arts\nWe’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.\nWe adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.\nElectronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. 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