Senior Backend Programmer

PROGRAMMING - 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

As a member of our Distribution Backend team, you can expect to coordinate with a cross-site group of highly skilled individuals. You will have opportunities to architect new features and evolve existing products used daily by millions of gamers, developers, and enterprise professionals. You will partner closely with backend services teams to ensure that the underlying systems we build meet internal and external customer needs.

In this role, you will

• Be hands-on and use your technical expertise to drive solutions for a range of challenges
• Collaborate with other teams (including Product, Design, QA, EGS Mobile, and Epic Games Launcher Teams)
• Design, architect, implement, and ship well-documented new features
• Improve, and evolve existing tools and features
• Maintain and hunt for bugs in existing code bases
• Take part in foundational work as we embark on a new chapter for our desktop clients

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of software programming industry experience developing online systems
• Experience work​ing​ with large-scale, distributed systems (AWS, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, Java, Spring)
• Proficient in cloud technologies, preferably AWS cloud services, Unix-flavored operating systems, CI/CD environments, and deploying and running containerized services
• Experience with REST APIs and Terraform
• Strong problem-solving, logic, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to architect system interfaces and tools
• Track record of development on tight schedules with complex technical requirements
• Passion for building great user experiences and products that serve diverse use cases
• Preferred Skill: Experience with Version Control Systems like Perforce and Git
• Preferred Skill: Experience using networking diagnostic and debugging tools like Charles and Postman

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including 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).