About the role
Company Overview
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. The company fosters a community that connects across the globe, prioritizing creativity, new perspectives, and ideas. The team is dedicated to making play happen.
Team Information
The Development and Release Engineering (DRE) team functions as EA's Continuous Integration specialist group. DRE acts as the automation catalyst for EA game production by consolidating technical components and dependencies to generate playable builds. The team partners with Quality Verification, IT, Security, Cloud providers, and Engine providers to simplify Continuous Integration for game creators.
Working Conditions
- Role Type: Hybrid remote/in-office.
- Location: Bucharest office.
- Reporting: Reports to a Technical Director in Romania.
Responsibilities
- Work as a technical liaison with development teams to address build issues and improvements.
- Develop and maintain automation pipelines in the CI system (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Gitlab pipelines).
- Work with internal customers to design, prototype, and implement automated workflows.
- Monitor automation systems and proactively respond to breakages.
- Monitor metrics to optimize automation systems.
- Manage virtual infrastructure, including deploying and monitoring VMs.
Qualifications
- Industry Experience: 4+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Build, or Systems Engineering with a proven track record of supporting software development lifecycles (gaming industry experience is a plus).
- CI/CD Mastery: Solid experience in designing, creating, and maintaining complex CI/CD automation systems and pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
- Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting capabilities (e.g., Python, Groovy, PowerShell) combined with experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and containerization (Docker).
- Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to act as a technical liaison, debug complex build issues with game creators, and collaborate with diverse technical and business stakeholders.
Company Culture and Values
Electronic Arts values adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. The company provides leadership focused on potential and creates space for learning and experimenting.
Benefits and Perks
The company adopts a holistic approach to wellness, covering physical, emotional, financial, career, and community aspects. 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
Equal Opportunity
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. The company considers qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law and provides workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.