Online Software Engineer - EA SPORTS™ UFC (Client/Server)

Sits within the EA SPORTS UFC team, which is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. It will help maintain and extend the systems that power the connected experience, including matchmaking, social features, live events, progression, real-time gameplay and cross-platform play, serving hundreds of thousands of concurrent players. The work shapes how players interact, form communities, and enjoy UFC together.

• Help maintain and extend the systems that power the connected experience, including matchmaking, social features, live events, progression, real-time gameplay and cross-platform play.
• Build the connected UFC experience across client, backend, and data systems to deliver premium live-service features guided by real-world UFC moments.
• Maintain scalable systems to support global live service demands and ensure stability during peak player activity.
• Partner with designers, engineers, and production to build authentic and engaging online experiences.
• Integrate platform and shared technology services in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Refine features using live insights to keep the experience fresh and rewarding.
• Explore opportunities to use AI tools to improve development efficiency, automation, and testing workflows.

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer developing online games or scalable online applications.
• Proficiency in C++ and comfort working in large-scale, real-time codebases.
• Experience working with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL).
• Experience with networked systems: client/server models, service integration, latency considerations, and multithreaded environments.
• Familiarity with source control such as Git or Perforce.
• Ability to collaborate across diverse teams and break down complex problems into clean, maintainable solutions.
• Experience in utilising AI-assisted development tools (e.g. coding agents) to rapid prototype, accelerate execution and automate workflows, with the ability to critically review and validate AI-generated code.

• Hybrid model: 3 days per week in the EAV Studio in Burnaby, British Columbia (Tuesday to Thursday).

• Vacation: 3 weeks per year to start.
• 10 days per year of paid sick time.
• Company top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Retirement benefits.
• These benefits are available to regular full-time employees.
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and long-term cash programmes.

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.