Lead Technical Producer

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Product Management • $164,144 PA - $264,820 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Lead Technical Producer at Epic Games will partner with the Fortnite Core Tech team to drive stability, performance, and engine development. Responsibilities include defining strategies and initiatives, developing roadmaps, managing a production team, owning complex initiatives (like Lighthouse, UEFN), and scaling team operations to support the Metaverse vision. The role requires deep experience with programmers, technical projects, managing large team roadmaps, and navigating complex systems. A strong understanding of game engines, platforms, rendering, and backend systems is highly desired. The position involves both high-level strategy and detailed technical management, requiring excellent communication and organizational skills.
Must have:
  • Deep experience with programmers and technical projects
  • Manage high-level goals and technical details
  • Understand complex systems
  • Manage multiple competing needs
  • Experience with game engines and platforms
  • Manage large team roadmaps
  • Manage and grow teams
  • Work with strong personalities

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

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 programmers and the systems they develop.

In this role, you will

  • Partners with the FNTech Programming 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 programmers 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

This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including CA & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

California Base Pay Range
$180,559$264,820 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$164,144$240,745 USD

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.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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