Software Engineering

Develop a new feature for the EA Sports College Football game as a Junior Software Engineer

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Complete work that simulates life on the job. 5-6 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Electronic Arts. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

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Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 5-6 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Electronic Arts. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Electronic Arts. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced5-6 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsintermediate

In this job simulation, you'll experience what life as a Software Engineer at EA would be like. We want you to feel empowered from the beginning with key insights into what lies ahead in your career at EA. You’ll utilize skills like critical thinking and problem solving while working with languages like Python and C++ to re-create and implement a new game along with so much more.

Explore our program further to gain the practical knowledge needed to join our team and understand the experience. You will get a glimpse of what it’s like to solve purposeful challenges with our diverse, innovative team inside a company that's tech-empowered. You can complete all of these tasks anywhere and anytime, allowing yourself to upskill at your own pace. In return, you will gain valuable skills and awareness to help you stand out in the application and assessment process to EA. Discover how EA has a path for everyone and rewarding career opportunities in software engineering across all of our studios and games we create.

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Skills you will learn and practice:

Communication

Feature Design

Feature Proposal

Object-oriented Design

Class Design

Code Analysis

Data Structures

Code Readability

Game Engine Technology

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at Electronic Arts. No live sessions, all self-paced.

Earn a certificate and add it to your resume and LinkedIn as an extra curricular activity.

Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain why you’re a good fit for our team.

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Tasks in this program

Task One: Write a Feature Proposal

30-60 mins

Introductory

Write a proposal for a gameplay feature that could be added to a simulation game like EA Sports College Football

What you'll learn

You're working as a Junior Software Engineer on College Football game
What a Feature Proposal is
How to structure and draft your own Feature Proposal

What you'll do

Meet Rachel , a Next-Gen Talent Recruiter at Electronic Arts
Come up with a new feature to add to EA Sport’s College Football game
Write a Feature Proposal describing the new feature you’d like to add to the game

Reviews

Over 8500

5 Star Reviews

"This virtual intership gave me the idea of how the Electronic arts work and the updating process of adding new features to the game."-- Student from Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology

"to let our perspectives and thoughts to be effective for a new upgrade of a life experience even in gaming"-- Student from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

"The beat thing I liked was that the program allows us to think outside the realm of boring ideas. It makes us know how a gaming company actually works and how gaming applications are maintained continuously to give the users the best results."-- Student from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University)

"its all good,i have no complaints. i like this internship program. this is too good in compare to all others. thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to proving myself."-- Student from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute

"I found the Electronic Arts Virtual Experience a helpful learning opportunity. It was awesome to put my knowledge into action with tasks that simulate real-world scenarios in the gaming industry. The program was beneficial in showing me how game development works and how important it is to work as a team. It was easy to understand, too, which is ex..."-- Student from DeVry University & Keller Graduate School of Management

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