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The role, as advertised by Playdemic (Electronic Arts)
Contract: 12-month paid internship
Start Date : July 2027
Work Model: Hybrid (3 days a week onsite minimum)
The Challenge Ahead
Just 13 miles south of Manchester and a 15-minute train journey, is the attractive market town of Wilmslow. Here amongst the boutique shops and independent cafes and bars is the stunning Playdemic studio. Acquired by EA in 2021, Playdemic is home to the top 10 grossing, BAFTA-winning mobile smash – Golf Clash. Having opened at the beginning of 2020, our award-winning, bespoke studio space offers conventional desk space as well as indulgent breakout areas, meeting rooms and alternative workspaces. The office has been ridgeline-designed to create an environment that encourages and allows our team to do their very best work
Responsibilities:
You will report to the Feature Development Manager, working on client feature development, client requests and managing user data
You will gain experience of data architecture for a live operations driven game
You will investigate how to incorporate AI driven improvements for process and code improvements
You will write high quality, well implemented code
Eligibility:
You are currently studying in your penultimate year of an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree with a planned placement year (not a Masters or Graduate student)
You are available to commence a full-time,12-month placement in July 2027.
You are eligible to work in Manchester without additional visa or relocation support
Skills:
Knowledge of C
Knowledge of Visual Studio Code
Knowledge of current AI systems (Claude, Co-pilot etc.)
Understanding of relational databases
Help us make play happen. Apply now with an up-to-date CV, Cover Letter and Portfolio in English , explaining why you would like to join EA for this internship position.
This role at a glance
This is one of 153 programming and engineering roles open in England today, out of 631 live games jobs across the UK, and Playdemic (Electronic Arts) is hiring for 3 other roles alongside it. Going by the title it’s a junior / entry level role, one of the routes in for people early in their games career. Playdemic (Electronic Arts) doesn’t publish the salary here; across the 7 programming and engineering roles on the board that do, the median is £70k.
- Discipline
- Engineering
- Level (from the title)
- Junior / entry level
- On gamesJobs since
- 16 Oct 2026
- Other Engineering roles in England
- 152
About Playdemic (Electronic Arts)
Playdemic is a Manchester mobile games studio founded in 2010 and best known for Golf Clash, a competitive multiplayer golf game. Electronic Arts acquired the studio from Warner Bros. Games in 2021.
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