Senior Systems Software Engineer - American Football

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.

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

As a Senior Systems Software Engineer, you will help architect and scale our core game and engine foundations within Unreal Engine. You will maintain a broad view of the engine’s architecture, identifying opportunities to improve performance, memory footprint, and stability. We are looking for a passionate engineer who enjoys deep technical problem-solving, planning, and building robust, scalable systems that empower our development team to build faster and more efficiently.

This role will be Hybrid/Onsite in Madrid, Spain.

Your Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain complex engine systems in alignment with broader technical roadmaps and team goals.

• Define and manage per-system frame budgets, establishing viable performance metrics for cross-functional teams and providing technical guidance to ensure these benchmarks are met reliably.

• Develop, integrate, and scale foundational engine systems within Unreal Engine for a performance-critical, networked game architecture.

• Deliver high-quality, performant technical implementations that adhere to strict memory and system constraints.

• Contribute to core EA technologies in an architecturally sound way to promote collaborative development efforts.

• Implement and manage data-driven systems to support live service updates, including efficient asset streaming, patching strategies, and live-data synchronization.

• Partner with leadership to define and uphold performance metrics while shaping long-term technical roadmaps.

Your Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with C++, with an understanding of best practices, and architectural considerations.

• 5+ years of experience with Unreal Engine architecture (e.g., core systems, performance management, memory optimization, multithreading or job strategies).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical and architectural decisions to engineering peers and leadership.

• Experience with parallel programming, resource management, and multi-processor hardware architecture.

• Advanced experience profiling, optimizing, and debugging performance bottlenecks within Unreal Engine, including deep familiarity with memory management.

• Proficiency in integrating and maintaining large-scale systems covering multiple domains.

• Advanced debugging skills applicable to client/server multiplayer games.

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About Electronic Arts

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