Director of Safety Platform Engineering

Epic Games is seeking a Director of Safety Platform Engineering to lead a team of engineers in developing and operating safety platforms. This role focuses on moderating user-generated content and ensuring user safety across Epic's ecosystem. The director will manage a distributed team, collaborate with stakeholders, drive strategy, maintain team health, and ensure high-quality product development to create a fun and secure environment for millions of players.

Must Have

• Lead a team of full-time employees and contract engineers distributed across North America & Europe on a variety of security and safety services
• Collaborate with various stakeholders and teams to collect requirements, implement safety and security solutions, and respond to emergent situations
• Deliver strategy & results, maintain team health, manage performance, and develop the team members
• Facilitate design and code reviews, and promote a culture of building high-quality products with clear, concise, and well-tested code
• Interface directly with company leadership to solve escalations and drive successful conclusions
• Operate in a high-pressure, fast-moving, collaborative environment
• Experience leading and growing engineering teams
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and design patterns
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Experience implementing large-scale product security, moderation, or abuse prevention systems is required
• Must be user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative
• BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience

Perks & Benefits

• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision HRA premiums for employee and dependents
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with competitive match
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents)
• Company-wide paid breaks
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment

What We Do

Driving the plug-in power behind Unreal Engine 5. We bridge connections for licensees and our own internal game teams to online services. This allows games like Fortnite to utilize a combination of platform online services as well as Epic’s own online services to build cross-platform online features. Login, parties, voice chat, matchmaking, purchasing, cloud storage, and analytics are just a few examples of online features that our Online Game Services team helps games utilize.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Director of Safety Platform Engineering to manage our engineering efforts for trust & safety. You will focus on leading a team of engineers that develops and operates the safety platforms utilized across Epic to moderate user-generated content and keep our users safe. This is an incredible opportunity to create a fun and secure environment for millions of players and positively impact the entire Epic ecosystem.

In this role, you will

• Lead a team of full-time employees and contract engineers distributed across North America & Europe on a variety of security and safety services
• Collaborate with various stakeholders and teams to collect requirements, implement safety and security solutions, and respond to emergent situations
• Deliver strategy & results, maintain team health, manage performance, and develop the team members
• Facilitate design and code reviews, and promote a culture of building high-quality products with clear, concise, and well-tested code
• Interface directly with company leadership to solve escalations and drive successful conclusions
• Operate in a high-pressure, fast-moving, collaborative environment

What we're looking for

• Experience leading and growing engineering teams
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and design patterns
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Experience implementing large-scale product security, moderation, or abuse prevention systems is required
• Must be user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.
• BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

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