Senior Backend Engineer

ENGINEERING - EPIC GAMES SERVICES

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

Our team builds the backend services powering our online experiences for both internal and third-party game development teams worldwide: Epic Online Services. We currently focus on systems like matchmaking, player inventory, achievements, voice chat, parties, and more. We own and maintain relationships with our external partners and internal game teams. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll join our mission of delivering free, cross-platform game services for all developers. This role will help develop and expand the reach of Epic Online Services, which powers our games, such as Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys, as well as external partners. Epic believes in an open, integrated gaming community, and this opportunity will help us build just that on a global scale. As a team member, you will help us craft highly available, high throughput, low latency services at scale, synchronous and asynchronous services, persistent connection services, and various other systems. These will all help to power our internal products and enable external development teams all over the world. The team is a collaborative environment, and you will help foster an open, supportive culture in which everyone can be successful and authentic. Learn more at 

In this role, you will

• Get things done - Epic empowers engineers to assess a challenge, craft a solution, and implement it
• Architect and contribute to features related to the online gaming experience
• Work with client and other backend teams to develop new systems
• Integrate feedback from our various partners to evolve and improve existing features
• Write and maintain distributed systems to handle significant scale challenges
• Own the outcome - Be accountable for the solutions you build and flexible around the ambiguity of the problem space

What we're looking for

• 4+ years of software engineering industry experience developing online systems 
• Experience working​ with distributed systems to handle significant scale challenges (Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, Spring)
• Proven track record of growing, guiding, and mentoring team members​
• Proven track record of operating live and online services at scale, leveraging industry best practices and standards
• Experience leading a team of engineers in an ambiguous and sometimes chaotic environment
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to provide, solicit, and accept feedback constructively

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.