Senior Software Engineer - Foundations (Apex Legends)

Electronic Arts
Madison, CA
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Foundations team at Respawn Entertainment. The successful candidate will design, build, and maintain technology that enables the team to create engaging gameplay and fantastic experiences for Apex Legends. The role requires experience with large code bases, optimizing code, data, and bandwidth, and a passion for making and playing games.

Requirements

  • Passion for making and playing games
  • Excellent C/C++ skills
  • 10+ years experience in game development as an engineer
  • Shipped at least one AAA title
  • Experience with large code bases and optimizing code, data, and bandwidth to improve both memory consumption and execution speed
  • Excellent math skills with an emphasis on 3D math
  • Excellent understanding of computation and evidence-based optimization
  • Engineering experience working with consoles (Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft) and Windows PC (Microsoft/Steam/Origin)
  • Degree - Bachelor's CS/Math or higher preferred (Or Equivalent work exp)
  • Experience with PS5, XBSX (XB5) console generation
  • Familiarity with functional programming
  • Linux debugging experience
  • Console programming experience on a multiplayer AAA game
  • Solid foundation in TCP and UDP networking
  • Prior professional experience as a respected engineer on a game team
  • Comfortable in/with Windows, Linux, Perforce, Visual Studio, curl, PHP, LUA/Squirrel

Benefits

  • 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
  • 401(k) to regular full-time employees
  • 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
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