Software Engineer II - AdTech, Data and Insights (D&I)

Description & Requirements
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of 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.
Electronic Arts is building a
modern, unified AdTech platform
to power scalable, player-first monetization across our global portfolio of live services. At the core of this platform is the
LCM Ads Server
—a high-performance, distributed system designed to enable seamless in-game advertising. Our mission is to provide trusted measurement and high-availability ad delivery with zero impact on the gameplay experience, ensuring a smooth integration for studios worldwide.
We are looking for a
Software Engineer
to build the end-to-end delivery, adoption, and evolution of the Ads Server across EA's world-class studios. This role sits at a unique intersection of
distributed systems architecture, cloud-native platform engineering, and global-scale monetization
.
Core Skills
What We're Looking For

• High-Scale Backend Mastery: expertise with Java (Spring Boot), focusing on multi-threading, concurrency, and building high-throughput microservices.
• Low-Latency Expertise: Hands-on experience optimizing systems for sub-millisecond response times, including garbage collection tuning and efficient memory management.
• Data & Caching Strategy: Deep understanding of distributed caching layers (Redis, Memcached) and NoSQL databases (ScyllaDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB) for real-time lookups.
• Observability: Proficiency in monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing (Prometheus, Grafana) to pinpoint bottlenecks in a complex request lifecycle.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Container Orchestration: Extensive experience with Docker and Kubernetes, specifically managing and scaling clusters within AWS (EKS).
• Stream Processing: Familiarity with event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka or Kinesis for real-time ad logging and billing telemetry.
• CI/CD & IaC: Strong grasp of automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).

Reliability & Domain Mindset

• Ad Tech Logic: Understanding of Ad Selection logic, Ad Pacing, and Ad Mediation across programmatic ecosystems.
• Operational Excellence: Experience with on-call rotations, incident management, and performing root-cause analysis (RCA) for production outages.
• System Architecture: Ability to apply design patterns that ensure high availability and graceful degradation under heavy load.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java; experience with Python for data-driven testing or scripting
• Expertise in SQL and NoSQL database schema design and query optimization.
• Proven track record of supporting production systems with high availability (99.99%+) and massive scale.

Bonus

• Ad Tech Background: Prior experience building Ad Servers, SSPs, DSPs, or working with RTB protocols.
• Distributed Caching: Experience designing or maintaining distributed metadata caching systems.
• Big Data Ecosystem: Familiarity with data processing frameworks like Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
• AI/ML Integration: Experience deploying or testing ML models (e.g., MLP predictors) within a real-time production flow.

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) \*$100,000 - $139,500 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.
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
We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.
We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.
Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.