Développeur.euse sénior.e en logiciels / Senior Software Developer

Locations

• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Role Detail

The Senior Software Developer will report to the Head of Research and Development.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engine developers, integrating creator-focused systems into our core engine architecture to enable generative creation workflows.
• Partner with researchers, engineers, artists, and designers to translate prototypes into production-ready engine features, ensuring alignment with existing systems.
• Contribute across engine domains, including tools, data pipelines, and runtime systems, to improve the capabilities of the engine.
• Design extensible interfaces that allow rapid iteration on new technologies while maintaining architectural integrity and developer usability.
• Define how you productize new technologies within the engine, influencing architecture and creator experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience with AAA game engines (e.g., Frostbite, Unity, Unreal, Godot, or proprietary)
• Experience with large C++ codebases.
• Proficiency across one or multiple engine development domains (e.g., gameplay, simulation, systems, content pipelines, and performance-critical systems)
• Experience navigating unfamiliar areas of a large codebase and becoming productive quickly in tools, pipeline, or runtime systems.
• Experience collaborating with others to translate applied research goals into production-ready engine features.
• Experience with emerging technologies such as AI/ML, procedural generation, or creator tooling systems.
• Experience contributing to engine architecture or developer-facing platforms.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab)

Compensation and Benefits

PAY RANGES
* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria): $141,400 - $204,400 CAD
* California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco): $165,000 - $256,000 USD

In the US, we 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, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
For 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 equity.

About Electronic Arts

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