Systems Software Engineer - EA SPORTS™ UFC

Will help shape and deliver the engine and platform technology supporting gameplay, animation, rendering, online, front end, and tools. It combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, owning complex initiatives and helping teams solve performance-sensitive systems challenges. The EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game, and the role works three days per week at the EAV Studio in Burnaby, British Columbia, as part of a hybrid model, reporting to a Senior Software Engineer.

• Guide teams on platform capabilities, engine behaviour, and system-level tradeoffs.
• Help define and deliver engine, platform, automation, and release strategies.
• Build shared solutions that enable teams to design and ship scalable features.
• Improve performance, memory use, load times, stability, and developer workflows.
• Own systems initiatives from planning through delivery, including risks and technical KPIs.
• Partner with franchise and central technology teams to share solutions and best practices.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with large or performance-sensitive systems.
• Expertise in C++ and large, complex codebases.
• Knowledge of memory management, multithreading, runtime performance, and platform constraints.
• Experience with game engines, real-time systems, tooling, automation, or multi-platform development.
• Experience delivering complex systems end to end.
• Experience in utilising AI-assisted development tools (e.g. coding agents) to rapidly prototype, accelerate execution and automate workflows, with the ability to critically review and validate AI-generated code.

• Hybrid model: three days per week at EAV Studio in Burnaby, British Columbia.

• Pay offered will be determined based on relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).
• If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits.
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and long-term cash programmes.

• 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/vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Retirement benefits to regular full-time employees.

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.