Senior C++ 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

The Distribution Team builds applications and online services to power content discovery and digital delivery. Our team of engineering experts is always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower internal and external developers to deliver their digital content to users across multiple platforms. Whether it be supporting the Epic Games Launcher, Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, or external partners, we are committed to improving the scalability, efficiency, portability, and stability of our tech offerings. As a member of our Patching 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

• Build and maintain core content installation and patching technology
• Profile and optimize patching features to ensure they’re highly performant
• Be hands-on and use your technical expertise to drive solutions for a range of challenges
• Collaborate with other teams (including Product, Design, QA, and Backend Service 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

What we're looking for

• Excellent C++ skills and software engineering principles
• Familiarity with patching and compression techniques
• Proficiency with algorithm design, profiling, and optimization
• Ability to architect system interfaces and tools
• Strong problem-solving, logic, and troubleshooting skills
• Track record of development on tight schedules with complex technical requirements
• Experience with any of the following is nice to have: cross-platform development (Windows, Mac, Linux), Version Control
• Systems like Perforce and Git, IDEs like Visual Studio and XCode, and networking diagnostic and debugging tools like Charles and Postman

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