Release Software Engineer C++ - Frostbite

What does the Frostbite team do?

Frostbite is EA’s state-of-the-art multi-platform game development engine. Our global team empowers game creators to shape the future of gaming by developing creative engine features and outstanding tools. We are honored to have thousands of game developers all over the world using Frostbite to create some of the most amazing games and player experiences in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

The Frostbite Release team oversees the performance and stability of the development environment for 300+ engineers. To achieve this we maintain automated test farms, develop tools, and provide quick resolutions to any issues blocking our engineers. The release team is also responsible for delivering the finished product to Game teams. You will be part of a team that always try to bring Frostbite at greater quality than before. We are looking for a generalist who can quickly familiarize themselves with different technologies and works well with changing priorities.

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the automatic testing farm, flagging, and investigating any errors found.
• Updating the automatic test coverage to better reflect what the team is working on. This includes reducing test coverage/intervals to reassign hardware to other tests.
• Design tools to improve the efficiency of how software is tested and released while elevating the product quality.
• Work with software engineers across multiple domains, understanding their needs to develop tooling in several areas such as automated monitoring, pre-test/pre-submission and automated failure analysis.
• Respond to issues within the Frostbite production environment by working across teams and gathering data to help troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate across domain teams and QA on releases/updates and patches.
• Automate releases to ensure the integrity of the live environment is protected and the correct components are released.
• Improve process and culture to help release Frostbite with better quality.

Basic Qualification

• Enjoy working in a focus switching environment, converging on solutions for a myriad of problems, from changing the build farm configuration because of a hardware related issue to debugging a crash in a game level, to working on a python script to automate release workflows.
• 2 years of professional experience in C++ and Python.
• Experience with SCMs (source control management systems)
• Previous experiences in one of the following fields: Release Engineering, QA automation, Code Integration

Bonus Qualification

• Production experience with game engines
• Large-scale code integration work
• Helix Perforce (SCM)
• Experience with C#
• Database tool / Visualization plugins such as PowerBI

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About EA

At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and maternity and paternity leave, plus free video games and so much more!

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