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Software Engineer Intern, League Operations, Apex Legends Esports

Electronic Arts

$19 - $29 USD

medical insurance, paid time off, sick time, 401(k)

United States, California, Redwood City

209 Redwood Shores Parkway (Show on map)

Jan 18, 2025

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.

Intern Software Engineer, League Operations - Apex Legends Esports

The future of entertainment is interactive, and our Marketing team plays an important role in this future by building content, culture, and community around our brands. We empower audiences to Play, Create, Watch, and Connect across our amazing franchises and experiences, including The Sims, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FC, Apex Legends, and Battlefield.

We're a multi-functional group, with world-class expertise in building fandoms, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the center of the broader entertainment ecosystem.

Summary

We're looking for a full-stack software engineering intern working remotely based in North America to join the Apex Legends Esports team who can work across our portfolio of esports technology, including backend services, and player-facing competition experiences.

As a software engineer intern on the League Operations team, you will be helping build out the already existing ecosystem and improving on it. You will implement awesome new products that boost internal efficiency, drive fan engagement, and improve the player experience.

In this role, you'll collaborate with many different teams within EA and report to a Software Engineer, League Operations, Apex Legends Esports.

Together, we will inspire the world to play competitively and make stars of our players and teams.

Responsibilities

Work as part of the League Operations team to support the delivery of exceptional online and in-person Apex Legends competitions and broadcasts
Implementation and testing of our internal tournament management tools, APIs, stats databases, competition websites, and other player-facing esports features
You will spend roughly 80-90% of your time hands-on programming, building and maintaining efficient, reusable, and reliable code

Requirements

Experience working with cloud architecture across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and similar cloud environments
Proficient in modern programming languages used in our existing code base (TypeScript, SQL, VueJS, NuxtJS, and NodeJS / Bun)

US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the pay ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, degree type (e.g. Bachelor's, Master's, PhD), what stage you are in your degree journey (i.e. freshman, sophomore, etc.), qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

HOURLY PAY RANGES

* California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
$19 - $29 USD Hourly

The pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including 80 hours per year of sick time (prorated based on scheduled hours per week if less than full-time), 16 paid company holidays per year, medical insurance, and 401(k). Interns in California are also eligible for Voluntary Disability Insurance.

About Electronic Arts

We're proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.