Advanced Automation Engineer - American Football

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

Software Engineering
Victoria, BC, Canada
CAD 115,100-161,200 / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 4, 2025

General Information

Locations: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Location: Orlando
  • Country: United States of America

  • Location: Victoria
  • Country: Canada


Role ID
207935
Worker Type
Regular Employee
Studio/Department
EA Studios - SPORTS
Work Model
Hybrid

Description & Requirements

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.

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

As an Automation Software Engineer, you will help the team create quality content while boosting developer efficiency. Our Optima engineers maintain a broad view of the development tools, CI/CD and automation systems and look for ways to improve our capabilities for our development team. We are looking for passionate engineers who enjoy prototyping and planning, collaborating with other engineers, and building DevOps, workflows, and capabilities that allow us to work smarter and more efficiently to bring substantial improvements to our game.

*Please note, this position will require a hybrid onsite presence in either Victoria BC Canada, or Orlando, FL*

Your Responsibilities

  • You will work with design and other engineers to provide feedback and then create clear and estimable technical designs.

  • You will work with other teams of multiple disciplines to maintain automated tests for the game

  • You will monitor and improve the automated test suite

  • You will participate and communicate ideas to the Automation team to improve existing automation strategies

  • You will develop automated tests as part of the CI/CD process

  • Measurably improve process and best practices to achieve targets across a small team of engineers.

  • Interpret requests from your QA and engineering partners, account for and call out any roadblocks or efficiencies your partners may not consider, and propose and apply your creative or technical solutions.

Your Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional development experience with OOP Languages, C++, C#.

  • Understanding of SDLC, STLC processes, and quality methodologies.

  • You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, algorithms, design patterns, test-driven development, CI/CD processes and data structures

  • Contributor to technical architecture and design documents for all sizes of features

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer, Software Engineering, Computer Science Degree or related concentration, equivalent and/or combination of education and work experience.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The 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).

PAY RANGES

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) * $115,100 - $161,200 CAD

In British Columbia, 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 equity.

About Electronic Arts
We’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 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.
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.
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