Software Engineering Manager - Madden

Electronic Arts - Lockhart, FL

Full-time - Manager

Lockhart, FL

Publishing Industries

About the position

As a Software Engineering Manager at EA SPORTS, you will lead and develop a diverse engineering team responsible for creating immersive sports video games. Your role will focus on people management, fostering an agile engineering culture, and ensuring high-quality delivery of technical capabilities and services. You will collaborate with various teams to meet project goals while promoting employee well-being and career growth.

Responsibilities

• Run all aspects of people management for diverse and global engineering teams, including hiring, career growth, and performance management.
• Improve team health by managing stress awareness and employee well-being.
• Organize and lead mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and guidance to grow engineers.
• Drive staffing and recruitment efforts to build a strong engineering culture.
• Foster an agile engineering culture that values delivery, quality, and craftsmanship.
• Determine technical resource requirements to meet project goals.
• Promote and create technical processes, plans, and management of tasks for technical teams/features.
• Coordinate strategic efforts and planning with team members, project partners, product owners, and other stakeholders.
• Improve workflows, tools, and iteration loops to increase productivity.
• Stay updated with the latest developments in engineering and technology through conferences, seminars, and meet-ups.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading agile engineering teams of 6+ engineers.
• Experience with mentoring, goal setting, mediation, and career planning.
• Ability to identify and recruit talent based on staffing requirements, with knowledge of candidate hiring practices including interviewing techniques.
• Technical and practical understanding of OOP and C++ to coach engineers effectively.
• Experience with development environment tools such as Perforce, Git, and Visual Studio.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment best practices.