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.

Job Description: Data Engineering Manager

Location: Vancouver (Hybrid)

The IPS (Infrastructure, Platform, and Services) organization provides the essential platforms and infrastructure solutions that power EA's live services and titles. Our mission is to ensure EA's games and services are available to all players, anytime and anywhere. We focus on high availability, scalability, and reliability of infrastructure and services, enabling rapid development and experimentation for our studios in the cloud and in the data center.

As a Data Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers building the platforms and pipelines that power EA’s infrastructure, services and analytics. You will combine technical depth in modern data engineering with the leadership needed to scale people, processes, and systems. Your focus will be on guiding the design of large-scale data solutions while developing a high-performing engineering culture, having an impact on the way people play EA Games. You will report directly to a Director in IPS.

We offer a collaborative environment in our Vancouver B.C. campus. You will work with a distributed team across multiple regions in a hybrid working environment (three days in office)

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data engineers, setting clear goals, coaching for career development, and fostering a culture of ownership, learning, and collaboration.
• Drive engineering excellence by establishing best practices for design reviews, testing, CI/CD, and documentation.
• Act as a multiplier—developing strong technical leads within the team and scaling impact through mentorship.
• Provide technical direction in areas like data modeling, streaming/batch pipeline design, and data warehouse/lakehouse optimization.
• Ensure data systems support advanced analytics, AI/ML, and observability use cases
• Drive operational excellence in production environments—monitoring reliability, cost efficiency, and performance of data platforms.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies and practices (lakehouse, Iceberg, data mesh, MLOps, serverless analytics) and determine how they fit EA’s needs.

The Next Great EA Data Engineering Manager Also Needs

• 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering or data architecture, with at least 2+ years in a people leadership role.
• Proven success in building and managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong technical background in large-scale data systems (BigQuery, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, Flink, etc.).
• Experience delivering complex data platforms that supported critical business decisions or analytics capabilities.
• Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance at scale.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across distributed teams and senior leadership.
• A balance of hands-on technical knowledge and the ability to empower others to execute.

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

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$119,600 - $167,300 CAD

In 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.

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 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 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.