Senior Audio Designer

6 Months ago • 5 Years + • Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Audio Designer at Epic Games, you'll be a key contributor to the creative and technical audio efforts across their game titles and technologies. Responsibilities include creating and implementing audio assets, mentoring junior team members, and contributing to the overall audio leadership. This role requires a strong portfolio showcasing successful game audio leadership, broad experience in game audio production (including VO, music, and pipelines), and proficiency with Unreal Engine or similar. You'll collaborate across disciplines, fostering a creative and inclusive environment. The position involves substantial content creation alongside some management responsibilities, with the balance potentially shifting as the team grows.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience as interactive audio designer/developer
  • Experience as Audio Lead/Manager
  • Shipped games as audio lead using Unreal Engine
  • Broad game audio production experience
  • Multi-discipline collaboration skills
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • Long-term disability & life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO & sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

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.

AUDIO

What We Do

We raise the quality level of audio in all Epic game titles and technologies as well as engage with a world-class team to create amazing gaming experiences.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Audio Designer, you will contribute to Epic's creative and technical audio efforts. This position will mostly involve contributing content/work to the audio team with some management, but that balance may shift as the team grows. 

In this role, you will

  • Be a heavy content creator who can create and implement audio assets alongside the audio team and inspire them
  • Help contribute to career growth and educational development of the entire Epic audio community
  • Contribute as part of the audio creative leadership team

What we're looking for

  • Experience as part of a game development team as audio lead and/or manager
  • A high-level understanding of the game development process across disciplines
  • A portfolio of successfully shipped games as an audio lead. Proven ability to set visionary goals within the audio field
  • Broad experience in all areas of game audio production, including audio content, technical audio, VO, music and audio production pipelines
  • Experience shipping games with Unreal, Unity, or similar proprietary game editor on multiple platforms.
  • 5+ years experience working as an interactive audio designer/developer
  • Experience as an Audio Lead or Manager at a game development company
  • Creating a multi-discipline collaborative experience, both creative and technical
  • A growth mindset and eagerness to mentor and develop talent; team empathy and desire to foster an inclusive environment
  • Cross-discipline collaborative experience, in both creative and technical areas
  • People management and performance management skills

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.

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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