Senior Music Designer

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Sound Engineer

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Music Designer at Epic Games, you'll collaborate with a world-class team to create music for one of the most popular games globally. Responsibilities include ideating, organizing, and producing music; refining the music production pipeline; supporting internal and external music partners; working with art and design teams; and implementing audio assets into the game engine. You'll need a strong foundation in music production across various genres, experience with DAWs, and familiarity with Unreal or Unity editors. The role involves editing, mixing, mastering music for linear or interactive contexts, and collaborating across disciplines.
Must have:
  • Strong music production foundation across genres
  • Proficient in DAWs, sample selection, plugins
  • Experience with Unreal or Unity editors
  • Music editing, mixing, and mastering
  • Collaboration with diverse teams
Good to have:
  • Experience with in-game audio middleware
  • Scripting languages
  • Orchestral experience
  • Procedural music knowledge
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • Long-term disability, life insurance, 401k match
  • Mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and 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 music designer, you’ll apply your refined music aesthetic and ear to the music production process and development of music assets along with our audio team for one of the most popular games in the world. We value ideas and the freedom to innovate with amazing audio content and technologies.

In this role, you will

  • Engage with a world-class team to ideate, organize, and produce amazing music and gaming experiences
  • Work with Epic’s music team to produce music and refine the production pipeline
  • Support internal and external music partners and talent to produce music from concept to final master and finally into the game engine
  • Work with Epic's internal art and design teams to support the music pipeline during development

What we're looking for

  • A strong foundation of the music production and creation process of modern popular music across genres: Hip hop, EDM, dance, pop, rock, metal, irreverent, classical, etc
  • A strong candidate will be able to demonstrate a solid foundational knowledge of the music creative and production process. Can demonstrate previous music production experience and songs/compositions, music editorial, and song development
  • A solid foundation of recording engineering and DAW experience, digital sample selection, online sample libraries, software synthesizers, instrument plugins, and common music production plugins and tools 
  • Some experience with Unreal or Unity editors preferred, including scripting, level editor, animation, and linear editors
  • Experience with audio toolsets/middleware and implementation of audio assets into game builds
  • Editing, mixing, and mastering music for use in linear or interactive contexts
  • Able to collaborate with diverse teams and disciplines to create amazing music
  • Music degree or pursuing a degree in Music Composition, Music Technology, or equivalent demonstrated experience
  • Produced and released music and able to provide examples

Nice to have skills

  • Knowledge about implementing audio in-game audio middleware or native systems
  • Experience with scripting languages and methods
  • Orchestral experience is nice to have, but need to demonstrate some high level of familiarity
  • A love for a wide variety of music
  • Knowledge of procedural music and interactive music systems

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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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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