Senior Software Engineer - AI

Senior Software Engineer - AI

Location:

Austin OR Orlando (Hybrid)

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Everyone is part of the story in 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.

About

The Role
We are looking for a Lead Fullstack Software Engineer to join our AI Technologies Engineering team, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, AI Technologies. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of innovative applications and services powered by Generative AI (GenAI), driving technical excellence and delivering impactful business solutions.

As a technical leader, you will architect, develop, and optimize fullstack applications, ensuring seamless integration across front‑end, back‑end, and cloud‑based AI services. Your work will enhance efficiency, improve user experiences, reduce friction, and enable entirely new business capabilities made possible through GenAI‑driven innovations.

In addition to your direct engineering contributions, you will mentor engineers, establish best practices, and drive engineering excellence across the stack. You will collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and AI specialists to create scalable, high‑performance, and secure applications. This role requires a deep understanding of modern fullstack development, cloud technologies, microservices architecture, API design, and Dev Ops practices.

Key Responsibilities

Design and build secure, efficient, and scalable web applications, APIs, and backend services.

Engineer Generative AI‑powered solutions and applications.

Drive code quality, security, performance optimization, and Dev Ops.

Lead and mentor an international team of engineers.

Apply modern software architecture and engineering best practices.

Experience

Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.

12+ years of job experience in a hands‑on coding role.

Experience using Generative AI software engineering solutions, such as Git Hub CoPilot.

Experience with multiple programming languages and frameworks (specifically Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and C#).

Experience engineering secure, scalable, efficient, and well‑architected software.

Experience engineering RESTful web services and modern web applications.

Experience configuring and deploying cloud services, such as AWS ECS/Fargate, AWS Serverless, Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, etc.

Experience managing version control solutions, static code analysis, and performing code reviews.

Experience with load testing, troubleshooting, and optimizing performance of web services.

Excellent collaboration and problem‑solving skills.

Beneficial Experience

Knowledge of reinforcement learning, natural language processing, and other advanced AI techniques.

Experience with cloud‑based AI services and infrastructure.

Experience working in large data‑driven services.

Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Tensor Flow, PyTorch, or similar.

Experience with Generative AI solutions, such as Azure AI Studio, AWS Bedrock, and Hugging Face.

Pay Transparency - North America
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) – $138,700 – $199,900 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For 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…