Senior Engineer, Data Platform

22 Hours ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development • $169,000 PA - $272,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join their growing data team. Responsibilities include building distributed systems processing stream data from game clients and servers, partnering with internal customers to understand business needs, creating technical designs, developing and maintaining large-scale data services, and providing on-call support. The role involves working with Kafka, OLAP databases (Pinot, Clickhouse), data lakes/warehouses (S3, Databricks, Snowflake), and distributed query engines (Flink, Spark) in a Kubernetes/AWS environment. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience with data teams and related technologies.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience with data teams
  • Experience with distributed event streaming (Kafka)
  • OLAP databases (Pinot, Clickhouse)
  • Data lakes/warehouses (S3, Databricks, Snowflake)
  • Distributed query engines (Flink, Spark)
  • Kubernetes and AWS experience
  • JVM stack expertise

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.

ENGINEERING - EPIC GAMES SERVICES

What We Do

Our mission is to provide a world-class platform that empowers the business to leverage data to enhance, monitor, and support our products. We are responsible for data ingestion systems, processing pipelines, and various data stores, all operating in the cloud. We operate at multi-petabyte scale and support near real-time use cases as well as more traditional batch approaches.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a growing team of data professionals who provide valued insights across all of Epic's games, Unreal Engine, and Epic Online Services. In this position, you will build distributed systems that receive and process stream data from our game clients and servers into the various backend systems that make up the data ecosystem at Epic.

In this role, you will

  • Partner with internal customers across Epic to understand and document business needs
  • Create technical designs, validate requirements, build and execute delivery plans while seeking and sharing feedback with the team
  • Develop and maintain large-scale data services with excellent observability and debuggability
  • Provide on-call support for services the team owns
  • Bring consistency and increase dev velocity on a myriad of services that compose the platform

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years experience working with data teams and their customers (data scientists, analysts, engineers implementing telemetry, engineers developing data infrastructure and pipelines)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
  • Demonstrates a team-first mindset with a strong drive to achieve collective success and continuous growth
  • Proactively solves problems across a wide area of ownership
  • Continuously seeks to improve and demonstrates proficiency through output
  • Experience with distributed event streaming (Kafka), OLAP databases (Pinot, Clickhouse), data lakes and warehouses (S3, Databricks, Snowflake), and distributed query engines (Flink, Spark)
  • Experience developing containerized services (Kubernetes) in a cloud environment (AWS)
  • Expertise in the JVM stack

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (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).

New York City Base Pay Range
$169,000$248,000 USD
California Base Pay Range
$186,000$272,000 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$169,000$248,000 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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About The Company

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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