Posted 3mo ago

Senior Software Engineer (Apex Legends)

@ Electronic Arts
Los Angeles or Vancouver
HybridFull Time
Responsibilities:design features, optimize code, mentor engineers
Requirements Summary:Senior software engineer with 10+ years game development, strong C/C++, experience shipping AAA titles, cross‑platform and optimization.
Technical Tools Mentioned:C/C++, Windows, Linux, Perforce, Visual Studio, curl, PHP, Lua, Squirrel
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Job Description
Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide. Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.
As a Senior Software Engineer on our Foundations team, you will design, build, and maintain technology that enables the team to create engaging gameplay and fantastic experiences for Apex Legends. You will work closely with other Engineers, Design, Art, Animation, and Audio to gather requirements, design, implement, test, optimize and enhance features and toolchain support for those features. You will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of systems, including collision, physics, audio, low-level OS and hardware support, common libraries, data packaging, memory management, asset management, scripting language support, user input, debugging and profiling support, general game simulation management, rendering support, and many others.

Responsibilities
Work closely with other engineers to understand and solve complex architectural issues

Capable of owning major, cross cutting technical initiatives and driving them to completion

Optimize code, data, and bandwidth to improve both memory consumption and execution speed

Proactively identify issues and fix bugs

Work with EA Central Tech, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and others to integrate their systems into Apex Legends

Mentor other engineers with a broad range of experience and seniority

Requirements
Passion for making and playing games.

Excellent C/C++ skills.

10+ years experience in game development as an engineer

Shipped at least one AAA title

Experience with large code bases and optimizing code, data, and bandwidth to improve both memory consumption and execution speed

Excellent math skills with an emphasis on 3D math.

Excellent understanding of computation and evidence-based optimization

Engineering experience working with consoles (Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft)

Engineering experience working with Windows PC ( Microsoft/Steam/Origin)

Nice to Have
Degree - Bachelor's CS/Math or higher preferred. ( Or Equivalent work exp)

Experience with PS5, XBSX (XB5) console generation

Familiarity with functional programming

Linux debugging experience

Console programming experience on a multiplayer AAA game

Solid foundation in TCP and UDP networking

Prior professional experience as a respected engineer on a game team

Comfortable in/with Windows, Linux, Perforce, Visual Studio, curl, PHP, LUA/Squirrel

If all this excites you, then we want to talk to you. Don't let doubt deter you! We are an equal opportunity team excited about our next journey. Please submit your resume to apply. We will get back to you once we have a chance to review.