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Senior Engineering Manager (iOS)

Electronic Arts (EA), Redwood City, California, United States, 94061

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Electronic Arts (EA) Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. 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. 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.

Electronic Arts Ventures Group

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 center of the broader entertainment ecosystem.

Project Air

Project Air is a new kind of mobile platform — part creative stage, part storytelling tool, part social experience — powered by AI and real-time interaction. We're building a space where people don't just watch or post — they create, perform, and co-invent new characters, stories, and worlds. It's expressive, emotional, and deeply interactive.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Senior Engineering Manager to lead our high-performing iOS team. The ideal candidate is a passionate and effective leader with a strong technical background in iOS development and a keen eye for product and user experience. You will be responsible for guiding the team to build a visually stunning, highly responsive, and technically excellent application. You will be instrumental in shaping the team's culture, driving technical strategy, and collaborating with cross-functional leaders to deliver an exceptional product. If you are passionate about building and leading teams that create beautiful, intuitive mobile products, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a world-class team of iOS engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. Drive the technical vision, architecture, roadmap and execution for the iOS platform, ensuring alignment with product goals and long-term strategy. Collaborate closely with product management, design, and other engineering leaders to define requirements, prioritize features, and deliver compelling mobile experiences. Oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle, from planning and design through to release and maintenance, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software. Champion and enforce best practices for code quality, testing, and performance, ensuring our application is robust, scalable, and maintainable. Manage project execution, setting clear goals, managing resources effectively, and removing obstacles for your team. Maintain a deep understanding of the technology stack and stay current with the latest advancements in the iOS ecosystem to guide technical decisions.

Required Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on mobile applications. Minimum of 3+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role (Manager, Team Lead, or similar), directly managing a team of engineers. Strong technical background with hands-on experience developing native iOS applications using Swift, UIKit, and SwiftUI. Proven track record of shipping high-quality, consumer-facing iOS applications with a strong focus on UI/UX and performance. Demonstrated ability to lead technical architecture and design discussions and to drive technical decision-making. Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team. Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and a deep understanding of the full mobile development lifecycle. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically and execute methodically.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience managing remote or distributed engineering teams. Experience with Core Animation, Metal, or other graphics-intensive frameworks. Familiarity with Objective-C, C, or C++. Experience with performance profiling and optimization tools (e.g., Instruments). Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for mobile apps. Experience building social media mobile applications

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) *$138,700 - $199,900 CAD California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) *$160,600 - $249,300 USD

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

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. Seniority level

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