UGX -Technical Director I at Electronic Arts
Austin, TX 73301
About the Job
Requisition Number:
183492
Position Title:
Technical Director I
External Description:We’re EA—the world’s largest video game publisher
You’re probably familiar with many of our titles—Madden, FC, Apex Legends, The Sims, Need for Speed, Dead Space, Battlefield and Star Wars, to name a few
But maybe you don’t know how we’re committed to creating games for every platform—from social to mobile to console —to give our players that anytime, anywhere access they demand
What does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your computing genius. EA’s Digital Platform (EADP) organization is responsible for driving critical technology decisions and investments for EA on a global scale, across all divisions and studio teams
Technology and engineering leadership at EA is critical to making the industry’s best games & services and the EADP team is leading the way to providing cross-platform services that will keep our consumers connected with our games anytime, anywhere with anyone.EA has an opportunity for a Technical Director position
As a Technical Director, you will be a senior technical member of the central engineering team to design, develop, deploy, and maintain high throughput world class services at global scale for our next generation games
EA’s network of games caters to tens of millions of monthly active users
You'll have the opportunity to build sophisticated platform capabilities handling several hundred-thousand requests per second and driving the player engagement of many of the industry’s most popular titles. If you like solving complex computing problems, are a passionate team player and thrive in a fast paced, ever changing development environment this is a great opportunity for you. What Would You DoArchitect, design & build massively scalable services, solutions, platforms & UI components with stellar performance.Provide technology roadmap & direction for platforms, products, and features.Innovate for simplicity and low maintenanceCollaborate with distributed cross functional teams and deliver amazing experiences to the playersDrive technical excellence amongst team members by coaching and mentoringLead and deliver on company wide technology initiatives in partnership with other architectsProvide accurate estimates on deliverables for yourself and help team on the sameIdentify and mitigate technology risks during early stages of developmentProvide architectural guidance and inputs for Quality Assurance, Load/Performance Testing, Capacity Planning, etc.Review design & code for adherence to architecture, security compliance and coding standardsInstitutionalize & evangelize engineering best practices across teams.Identify the right choice of tools & technologies for solving the problem to minimize time, money and maximize efficiency.The last level in the escalation chain for resolving technical issues Must have SkillsBachelor of Technology or Engineering from a reputed institute12+ years of experience working in Java, J2EE technologies and 8+ years of experience in building highly scalable distributed systems using Microservices architecture.Strong command over Spring, Spring Boot, gRPC, Load Balancing, Caching, Message Buses (Kafka etc.), AWS Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, and other commonly used tools & techniques for building high performance distributed systems on the cloud.Demonstrated experience in designing and deploying high volume, high transaction based, distributed and highly available web applications.Hands-on experience in building rich UI applications using JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks and libraries (such as React, Angular etc.), HTML and CSS.Hands on experience in leveraging UI tools & testing frameworksDemonstrated ability to architect distributed applications and services on Cloud Platforms using OSS & CNCF standards.Strong Understanding of microservices & event driven patternsExcellent understanding of object-oriented design patterns and design principlesExperience in SQL and NoSQL databases such as RDS, Elasticsearch and CassandraExperience in Kafka, Amazon SNS, Elasticsearch, Redis, etc.Experience & understanding of DevOps including building CI/CD pipelines using Docker, Jenkins/ Gitlab CI & KubernetesExcellent Troubleshooting & root cause analysis skillsSuperb ability to take high level direction, work through ambiguity and drive to execution in an iterative model.Superb ability to translate business requirements into technical design & architecture.Ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively.Technology enthusiast, always on the lookout for the latest and greatest tools and technologies for solving problems.Highly Desired SkillsExperience with EKS, Terraform, HelmExperience in Amazon Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, etc.Experience in building & deploying web applications using service mesh (Istio) leveraging mesh features.Experience in Streaming processing technologies – Kafka Streams, Flink etc. What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!We love to brag about our great perks like Global fitness program, game credits, Zeta (Food Coupons), Parental Insurance & Medical, Accident & life insurance and since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality
At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day. Don’t Just Play It – Create It!US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states
If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location
EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting
Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs
BASE SALARY RANGES
• California (depending on location e.g
Los Angeles vs
Sacramento):
º $161,100 - $239,700 USD Annually
• New York (depending on location e.g
Manhattan vs
Buffalo):
º $142,900 - $239,700 USD Annually
• Jersey City, NJ :
º $187,400 - $239,700 USD Annually
• Colorado (depending on location e.g
Denver vs
Colorado Springs):
º $153,100 - $206,200 USD Annually
• Washington (depending on location e.g
Seattle vs
Spokane):
º $142,900 - $230,000 USD Annually
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA
We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to temporary full-time employees scheduled to work full time.
City:State:Community / Marketing Title:
UGX -Technical Director I
Company Profile: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.EEOText:About Electronic ArtsWe’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.We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more
We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law
EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.Days Open:
192
Can this position be remote?:
1
EEO Employer Verbiage:About Electronic ArtsWe’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. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more
We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law
EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
183492
Position Title:
Technical Director I
External Description:We’re EA—the world’s largest video game publisher
You’re probably familiar with many of our titles—Madden, FC, Apex Legends, The Sims, Need for Speed, Dead Space, Battlefield and Star Wars, to name a few
But maybe you don’t know how we’re committed to creating games for every platform—from social to mobile to console —to give our players that anytime, anywhere access they demand
What does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your computing genius. EA’s Digital Platform (EADP) organization is responsible for driving critical technology decisions and investments for EA on a global scale, across all divisions and studio teams
Technology and engineering leadership at EA is critical to making the industry’s best games & services and the EADP team is leading the way to providing cross-platform services that will keep our consumers connected with our games anytime, anywhere with anyone.EA has an opportunity for a Technical Director position
As a Technical Director, you will be a senior technical member of the central engineering team to design, develop, deploy, and maintain high throughput world class services at global scale for our next generation games
EA’s network of games caters to tens of millions of monthly active users
You'll have the opportunity to build sophisticated platform capabilities handling several hundred-thousand requests per second and driving the player engagement of many of the industry’s most popular titles. If you like solving complex computing problems, are a passionate team player and thrive in a fast paced, ever changing development environment this is a great opportunity for you. What Would You DoArchitect, design & build massively scalable services, solutions, platforms & UI components with stellar performance.Provide technology roadmap & direction for platforms, products, and features.Innovate for simplicity and low maintenanceCollaborate with distributed cross functional teams and deliver amazing experiences to the playersDrive technical excellence amongst team members by coaching and mentoringLead and deliver on company wide technology initiatives in partnership with other architectsProvide accurate estimates on deliverables for yourself and help team on the sameIdentify and mitigate technology risks during early stages of developmentProvide architectural guidance and inputs for Quality Assurance, Load/Performance Testing, Capacity Planning, etc.Review design & code for adherence to architecture, security compliance and coding standardsInstitutionalize & evangelize engineering best practices across teams.Identify the right choice of tools & technologies for solving the problem to minimize time, money and maximize efficiency.The last level in the escalation chain for resolving technical issues Must have SkillsBachelor of Technology or Engineering from a reputed institute12+ years of experience working in Java, J2EE technologies and 8+ years of experience in building highly scalable distributed systems using Microservices architecture.Strong command over Spring, Spring Boot, gRPC, Load Balancing, Caching, Message Buses (Kafka etc.), AWS Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, and other commonly used tools & techniques for building high performance distributed systems on the cloud.Demonstrated experience in designing and deploying high volume, high transaction based, distributed and highly available web applications.Hands-on experience in building rich UI applications using JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks and libraries (such as React, Angular etc.), HTML and CSS.Hands on experience in leveraging UI tools & testing frameworksDemonstrated ability to architect distributed applications and services on Cloud Platforms using OSS & CNCF standards.Strong Understanding of microservices & event driven patternsExcellent understanding of object-oriented design patterns and design principlesExperience in SQL and NoSQL databases such as RDS, Elasticsearch and CassandraExperience in Kafka, Amazon SNS, Elasticsearch, Redis, etc.Experience & understanding of DevOps including building CI/CD pipelines using Docker, Jenkins/ Gitlab CI & KubernetesExcellent Troubleshooting & root cause analysis skillsSuperb ability to take high level direction, work through ambiguity and drive to execution in an iterative model.Superb ability to translate business requirements into technical design & architecture.Ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively.Technology enthusiast, always on the lookout for the latest and greatest tools and technologies for solving problems.Highly Desired SkillsExperience with EKS, Terraform, HelmExperience in Amazon Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, etc.Experience in building & deploying web applications using service mesh (Istio) leveraging mesh features.Experience in Streaming processing technologies – Kafka Streams, Flink etc. What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!We love to brag about our great perks like Global fitness program, game credits, Zeta (Food Coupons), Parental Insurance & Medical, Accident & life insurance and since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality
At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day. Don’t Just Play It – Create It!US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states
If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location
EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting
Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs
BASE SALARY RANGES
• California (depending on location e.g
Los Angeles vs
Sacramento):
º $161,100 - $239,700 USD Annually
• New York (depending on location e.g
Manhattan vs
Buffalo):
º $142,900 - $239,700 USD Annually
• Jersey City, NJ :
º $187,400 - $239,700 USD Annually
• Colorado (depending on location e.g
Denver vs
Colorado Springs):
º $153,100 - $206,200 USD Annually
• Washington (depending on location e.g
Seattle vs
Spokane):
º $142,900 - $230,000 USD Annually
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA
We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to temporary full-time employees scheduled to work full time.
City:State:Community / Marketing Title:
UGX -Technical Director I
Company Profile: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.EEOText:About Electronic ArtsWe’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.We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more
We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law
EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.Days Open:
192
Can this position be remote?:
1
EEO Employer Verbiage:About Electronic ArtsWe’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. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more
We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law
EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
