Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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.

Join us in this role where you will lead enterprise-scale engineering platforms that support game development teams globally. You will collaborate with game teams across the company on popular titles such as FC, Apex, Madden, Battlefield, NHL, Skate, and more.

As part of GDXE, you will report to a Director or other engineering leader, and together we will:

• Lead teams responsible for Perforce SRE/DevOps engineering, automation, tooling, and platform reliability.

• Mentor engineers across SRE operations, sprint delivery, Perforce platform support, Linux, Ansible, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and automation.

• Partner with engineering teams, stakeholders, and customers on requirements, incidents, escalations, and platform improvements.

• Manage the engineering response in #help_perforce and coordinate customer-driven work and follow-up items.

• Lead direct reports through resource allocation, coaching, performance feedback, and career development.

Job qualifications and requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-level software solutions.

• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise-scale systems, platforms, automation, infrastructure, or technical operations.

• 5+ years of experience with SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or production support practices, including service reliability, incident response, CI/CD, and operational readiness.

• 3+ years of experience with Linux, enterprise source control systems, monitoring, scripting, infrastructure as code, configuration management tools such as Ansible, cloud, or hybrid infrastructure.

• 3+ years of people management experience, including coaching, performance feedback, career development.

• Experience developing technical and operational roadmaps mapped over a year.

• B.S. in computer science or a related technical field preferred, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading projects using Jira, Artifactory, or similar enterprise tools.

• Experience with Perforce Helix Core administration, replication, edge/commit server models, storage, backup/recovery, and operational health monitoring.

• Experience working with onsite/offshore resources across multiple time zones.

• Experience with AI/ML.

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.