Technical Director, Machine Learning Engineer

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

This Technical Director, Machine Learning Engineer role at Epic Games involves guiding the technical direction of the Advanced Analytics and ML Services team. Responsibilities include championing cross-functional ML integration, collaborating with stakeholders and engineering teams, prioritizing solutions, leading the ML leadership team, contributing to design and architecture, fostering cross-company alignment, mentoring data scientists and engineers, and building infrastructure for recommendation engines and hyper-personalization at a large scale using technologies like Kafka, Spark, and MLFlow. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of senior-level experience in data science and ML engineering, ideally within a AAA gaming or streaming environment.
Must have:
  • 5+ years senior-level Data Science/ML Engineering experience
  • Technical leadership experience
  • Experience with cloud-based big data tools (Kafka, Spark, MLFlow)
  • API-first data product development (microservices)
  • Recommendation engine and hyper-personalization expertise
  • Proficiency in Python (Scala/Java/Go a plus)
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.

ANALYTICS

What We Do

Our Data & Analytics teams build powerful stories and visuals that inform the games we make, the technology we develop, and business decisions that drive Epic.

What You'll Do

In this position, you will help guide the technical direction of Epic's Advanced Analytics and ML Services team. The group is responsible for designing and implementing scalable solutions for batch and real-time workloads for serving models and their outputs. We build foundational production-grade systems that support R&D and exploratory stages and serve various business functions across the company, including recommendations, language modeling, graph analytics, and player behavior modeling. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative individual who is driven first and foremost by seeing the team succeed and is enthusiastic to take on the opportunity to make big advancements and define best practices in Machine Learning at a blazingly fast Big Data scale when building player-facing data products.

In this role, you will

  • Champion cross-functional Machine Learning integration efforts, driving integrations across the data ecosystem
  • Work closely with stakeholders, software and data engineering teams, and analytics leadership to prioritize solutions and ensure incremental delivery in ways that drive the most impact while aiming for longer-term visions
  • Lead and also be a pivotal part of the Machine Learning leadership team with direct reports
  • Stay connected to the systems being built across the organization, working directly on design, planning, architecture, and execution
  • Collaborate with other technical leaders across Epic to foster cross company visibility and alignment on technical approaches
  • Mentor and coach Data Scientists and engineers across the organization

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 5 years of senior-level Data Science and Machine Learning Engineering experience in a data-­driven information environment, designing and implementing analytic/data systems,­ ideally in a AAA video gaming or streaming entertainment context and at a similar scale
  • Prior experience in a technical leadership role
  • Detail­-oriented and comfortable working with requirements that are open-ended
  • Deep experience and familiarity with cloud-based big data tools and services for real-time and batch ML applications, such as Kafka, Spark and MLOps tools (MLFlow Preferred), to serve API-first data products following microservice architecture
  • Ideal candidate has strong experience building infrastructure for recommendation engines and hyper personalization
  • Experience working in a cloud based environment, ideally familiar with the AWS and Databricks toolset
  • Expertise in one or more programming languages (Python preferred, Scala and Java beneficial, GoLang is also a plus)
  • Passion for video games and/or video game technology

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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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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