Lead Backend Developer

• Drive the technical direction and architecture of backend systems supporting live services and social experiences.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of backend engineers, promoting technical excellence and growth.
• Drive engineering execution and prioritise scalable, secure, and performant system design.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features.
• Make architectural decisions across technologies including C#, Kubernetes, AWS, SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Support our DevOps team with defining best practices and the overseeing of CI/CD pipelines as well as observability tools for backend operations.
• Foster a strong culture of agile development, code quality, and continuous improvement.

How Your Success Will Be Measured:

• System performance, uptime, and scalability across live production environments.
• Velocity and quality of backend feature delivery in alignment with product roadmaps.
• Engineering team health, retention, and technical development.
• Ability to support rapid iteration without compromising backend reliability or security.

• 10+ years of experience in backend systems development, ideally with large-scale, cloud-based platforms.
• 5+ years in technical leadership roles, including managing backend-focused engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of C#/.NET, Kubernetes orchestration, and AWS services.
• Strong experience with data storage technologies including relational (SQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Experience with C++ is considered beneficial.
• Proven ability to balance fast feature delivery with building for long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Skilled in CI/CD, automated testing, service monitoring, and incident response.
• Familiarity with modern dev practices including trunk-based development and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Microsoft's Orleans framework is a bonus.

Soft Skills & Values:

• Collaborative leader with a passion for building innovative, high-impact products.
• Excellent communicator able to translate complex technical concepts into clear direction.
• Committed to building inclusive, high-performance teams that thrive on trust and autonomy.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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. The future of entertainment is interactive, and our Ventures Group plays an important role in this future by building content, culture, and community that take us Beyond Gaming. 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 fandom, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the centre of the broader entertainment ecosystem. We are seeking a Lead Backend Developer to lead and scale our backend systems powering next-generation social and gaming experiences. You will bring deep expertise in high-performance, cloud-native services and lead a talented engineering team in delivering resilient, scalable platforms that support rapid innovation and global reach. This is a hybrid based role, working 3 days in either our Southam or Guildford offices.