Electronic Arts (EA) · 1 day ago
Database Reliability Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expElectronic Arts (EA) creates next-level entertainment experiences and is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to manage production environments and implement reliable database solutions. The role involves automation, optimizing database performance, and collaborating with teams to ensure operational readiness for game launches.
ComputerMobilePublishingVideo GamesWeb Development
Responsibilities
You will implement automation and tooling to achieve higher availability, reliability, scalability and consistency across all aspects of Database life cycle
You will support game launches by ensuring Operational Readiness, stress testing and performance optimization of EA’s databases and related infrastructure
You will collaborate with Infrastructure and Game Teams during incident situations
You will measure and use data to improve environment reliability
You will collaborate with other engineers to implement guidelines, methodologies, and documentation
You will ensure that proper documentation is developed and maintained regarding Architecture diagrams, configuration details, Operational procedures to help with knowledge sharing
You will provide emergency response through on-call rotation and may occasionally work outside usual business hours to support global delivery processes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience
3+ years' experience in IT, including coding experience (Python, Go, Ruby)
2+ years' experience managing high-volume transactional production environments using database technologies such as RDS Aurora, MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra or Mongo
Experience tuning and optimizing database environments to meet critical uptime requirements
Experience deploying and optimizing infrastructure through IaC using Terraform, CI/CD, Gitlab or similar technologies
Experience configuring and managing online backup technologies for their database environment and is familiar with Disaster Recovery processes
Proficiency with AWS Technologies or other cloud offerings
Benefits
Healthcare coverage
Mental well-being support
Retirement savings
Paid time off
Family leaves
Complimentary games
Company
Electronic Arts (EA)
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.2MKey Investors
TCVTrip Hawkins
2025-09-29Private Equity
2025-09-29Acquired
2019-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Michael Robinson
SVP EA Digital Platform
Farah Ali
VP and Technology Growth Strategy
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