Lead Technical Producer

PRODUCTION

What We Do

Whether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a Lead Producer to join us on the Fortnite Core Tech team. In this position you will partner with the broader Fortnite org to help drive stability, performance, and engine development. Our team of producers focuses on platform, rendering, performance, server, game architectures, and our build pipeline. We’re looking for individuals who excel in multitasking, thrive in chaos, great communication skills, and are comfortable managing roadmaps and schedules of R&D initiatives. Ideal candidates have experience in game development or hardware frameworks, and have directly worked with engineers and the systems they develop.

In this role, you will

• Partners with the FNTech Engineering Director to define strategies and initiatives for the vertical. Develops a roadmap feedback loop for the vertical which can speak to health, risk progress, and roll that up to the broader org.
• Helps scale the team org and operations to support the broader Metaverse vision
• Directly manages the Tech-Platform and Tech-Perf Prod Lead, their production org, and their initiatives. Responsible for individual growth plans and progress, that we hit quality bars for each release, and that their initiatives achieve the desired outcomes.
• Will own some complex initiatives that needs senior direction - for example Lighthouse, UEFN
• Operates 50% at a high level and 50% in the details managing technical initiatives

What we're looking for

• Deep experience working with engineers and on technical projects
• Able to drive high level goals/vision and also dig into technical details. Need to manage outcomes for the vertical but also directly own some initiatives
• Understands how complex systems work, what they do, and why. Wants to know how everything works.
• Strong skills in organizing unstructured work and managing multiple competing needs
• Experience with game engines, platforms, rendering, tools, backend systems is highly desired
• Deep experience managing large team roadmaps, rallying individual teams around common goals
• Experience in managing/growing team orgs to scale for demand
• Experienced working with strong personalities and still achieve the desired results

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.