Senior Rendering Software Engineer - Frostbite

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.

Frostbite is EA’s proprietary game engine. Its versatile tools and cutting-edge technology power creation on some of the world’s most iconic and visually stunning games, including titles from EA SPORTS and Battlefield. Frostbite provides a unified platform that empowers developers to create hyper-realistic worlds, intricate gameplay, and lifelike animations with unmatched speed and quality. By joining Frostbite, you’ll be at the forefront of game engine innovation, collaborating with top-tier developers to push the boundaries of interactive realism and immersive gameplay.

Shape the future of gaming technology and leave your mark on the next generation of games.

Come join the Frostbite Rendering team to work directly on the Render Hardware Abstraction Layer of the Frostbite engine. We develop the rendering backends for current and future platforms. The team is currently split between Stockholm, Orlando & Vancouver. We work closely with our "customers", Rendering Engineers, to ensure consistent performance and quality across our supported platforms. We hope you will join our team to push the rendering technology that drives the Frostbite Renderer forward and contribute to the success of some of the industry’s biggest titles.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain cross-platform graphics hardware abstraction layer for the Frostbite Engine.
• Develop and maintain tools to ensure high quality experience for render engineers using Frostbite.
• Work closely with game team engineers and the Frostbite rendering team to enable and deliver new rendering features.
• Define and drive low level performance profiling and optimization initiatives on multiple platforms.

Qualifications:

• Strong C++ knowledge with at least 7 years of professional programming experience in real-time rendering
• Experience working in rendering for multiple shipped titles on current-generation consoles (PS5, XBSX, PC)
• Knowledgeable of modern cpu/gpu hardware architecture
• Significant experience using a low-level graphics API (DX12, Vulkan, console, etc)
• Significant experience with Graphics Debugging Tools (Pix, Renderdoc, console, etc)
• Deep understanding of memory management and multi-threading with related debugging and optimization experience

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees.

Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

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