EA Hyderabad plans to ramp up its operations, and to do this, they aim to expand their workforce from 200 to 500 in the near future. Here’s a detailed list of jobs currently open at the Hyderabad studio (the job descriptions are as provided by EA):
Associate Development Manager
EA Mobile has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Development Manager, which involves planning multiple projects, helping the Assistant Development Managers to develop, track, manage and control the internal project plans for multiple projects.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Planning multiple projects
- Risk management
- Cost control
- Mentoring individual team contributors
- Identifying task-related processes to improve efficiency
Qualifications:
- Experience & Training
- University degree or equivalent training
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with 1 year of experience in project management/project coordination
Expertise:
- Good knowledge about games and different gaming platforms
- Excellent understanding of the production process from concept to market release in the interactive products industry
- Microsoft Office
- Mastery of English, both written and spoken.
- Knowledge of MS Project is an added advantage
Lead Engineer (Sims)
The Sims is one of the most successful PC games in the world selling over 90 million units in 22 different languages. Games include The Sims 2, SimCity, and MySims. Many Sims games have a strong online community like TheSims2.com and EA is creating new and innovative standalone online communities like TheSimsOnStage.com and TheSimsCarnival.com. These online services are developed by the Sims Internet Group.
EA has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Software Engineer. The Sims Internet Group is looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer to its team in India. This individual will work closely with the development team in the US to support existing online services and to help in creating new services that will grow EA’s online services portfolio.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Leading a group of software engineers to successfully develop scalable and reliable web applications
- Managing coding standards, testing guidelines to developing software that is maintainable and reliable
- Supporting a collaborative environment with open communication among team members in India and the US
- Willing to learn new web technologies and helping train the team to excel in its implementation
- Must be technically astute to provide guidance to make good judgment to manage the schedule and commitments
Role requirements:
- Minimum of an Engineering Degree, preferably in computer science or related experience in software engineering
- Must have 5+ years experience in Java web application development. Must be proficient in either J2EE and/or Spring, MySQL and/or Oracle with excellent knowledge of DB query tuning and caching methodologies, JSP, HTML, AJAX, Javascript, tiles or other UI technologies
- Must have 1+ years experience with writing unit tests
- Must have excellent technical communication skill
- Knowledge of web technologies like RSS, Atom, Facebook platform, OpenSocial is a huge plus
- Must be familiar with and be willing to learn about Linux system
- Prior experience of managing a team of 3-6+ engineers as direct reports
Responsibilities:
- Managing a team of software engineers, including task planning and code reviews
- Ability to form strong cross-functional relationships to provide the ability to lead a sizable project team, taking the project from start to finish
QA Lead (Mobile)
EA Mobile has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Lead. A QA Lead is responsible for following and recommending Quality Assurance procedures and monitoring team performance and assuring that right team spirit is maintained throughout the team.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Developing and maintaining project plans as per the QA work priorities for both the regular QA and local launches
- Maintaining QA process in an effective manner of the project from start to end
- Providing timely delivery of all the reports
- As test service for the programming department, providing testing expertise and support to the programmers and production coordinators
- Assisting with creation and maintenance of procedural documents that pertain to the QA department
- Carrying out scheduled plans and provide feedback to the Producers/QA Manager/Technical Leads/Production coordinators on the ongoing test schedule/project issues
- Assigning work to Senior Testers according to the work priorities
- Validating daily reports sent by senior testers on various projects
- Grasping functional requirements and integration points in order to design a comprehensive QA strategy and mentor team members
Role Requirements:
- Strong interest in gaming
- Graduates or equivalent preferred
- Sharp attention to detail
- Strong technical knowledge and familiarity with various wireless platforms (J2ME, BREW, Windows Mobile, etc.)
- Demonstrated basic PC knowledge and familiarity with MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint)
Additional Skills if applicable (added Plus):
- Hardcore gamer
- Previous Testing experience
- Knowledge of Mobile & Mobile gaming industry
- Experience and familiarity with multiple gaming platforms and genres
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