Principal Software Engineer – Security Full Time NEW

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.

Location: Austin

Reports to: Director, Development Security

Job Summary

Join us at Electronic Arts (EA), where we inspire the world to play and deliver trusted experiences to millions of players. As Principal Software Engineer Security, you will report to the Director, Development Security and work with our Developer Security team. You will guide how we integrate security into software delivery at scale, collaborating across multiple teams to build platforms, automation, and tooling that improve secure engineering practices. Our environment values creativity, inclusion, and accountability, and you will help us shape the future of secure gaming.

Responsibilities

• You will define technical direction for DevSecOps capabilities, partnering with engineering teams to improve secure software delivery across EA.
• You will design, build, and evolve security automation, developer tooling, and platform services that enable us to deliver reliable and resilient experiences.
• You will lead architectural decisions, review system designs, and create reference implementations that balance security, reliability, and developer experience.
• You will mentor senior engineers, promote secure CI/CD patterns, and help us adopt measurable, scalable security practices throughout our organization.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a senior or principal software engineer, security engineer, platform engineer, SRE, or DevSecOps engineer in large-scale environments.
• Experience designing, building, and operating production systems, platforms, automation, or developer tooling for secure software delivery.
• Experience with CI/CD systems, source control workflows, build pipelines, deployment patterns, and software supply chain security concepts such as SBOMs, artifact management, and signing.
• Experience with cloud platforms, containerized environments, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, and modern service architectures.

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.