Senior Backend Engineer

4 Weeks ago • 4-8 Years • Backend Development • $172,736 PA - $253,347 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Backend Engineer in the Media Tools department at Epic Games, you'll support artists by developing and maintaining tools for transforming and serving daily work products for creative review. Responsibilities include building a highly secure, high-performance API, creating unit tests, designing interoperable services and cache layers, programming in Ruby and Elixir (with willingness to learn new technologies), collaborating with a distributed agile team, and implementing optimizations. You'll work closely with team members to understand product requirements and propose technical solutions. The role requires experience with Ruby, backend languages, high-availability web services, and familiarity with technologies like nginx, Elixir, Postgres, Git, and REST APIs.
Must have:
  • Experience with Ruby and other backend languages
  • Designing, developing and maintaining high availability secure web services
  • Familiarity with nginx, Elixir, Postgres
  • Experience with Git, REST APIs
  • Knowledge of service scaling, testing frameworks
Good to have:
  • Experience with Autodesk Flow (Shotgun/Shotgrid) API
  • Understanding of eventual consistency concepts
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.

ENGINEERING - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

As a backend engineer for the Media Tools department, you will help support artists through the creation and maintenance of tools intended to transform, convert, and serve dailies and other work products for creative review. In addition to maintaining and adapting existing services to fit expanding needs, you can expect to research new technologies and implement optimizations. Through the tools and services you will write, you will enable artists to focus on creating art and supervisors to focus on providing direction.

In this role, you will

  • Develop a highly secure, high-performance API to service the front-end application
  • Create unit tests in order to prove functionality and validate against regressions
  • Design interoperable services, cache layers, and routing with the application usage requirements in-mind
  • Program Ruby, Elixir, and be willing to learn new technologies as needed
  • Work closely with team members to understand product requirements and propose technical implementation solutions
  • Collaborate with a distributed, agile team of developers, product managers, QA, and designers
  • Continuously learn and improve your skills. This includes staying up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices

What we're looking for

  • Experience with Ruby and other backend languages and frameworks
  • Experienced in designing, developing and maintaining high availability secure web services
  • Familiar with nginx, Elixir, Postgres
  • Experience with Git, REST APIs
  • Knowledge of service scaling, testing frameworks, and effective service logging
  • Knowledge of data minimization best practices
  • Understanding of eventual consistency concepts
  • Experience with Autodesk Flow (Shotgun/Shotgrid) API
  • Ability to learn new technologies and languages quickly

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.

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).

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Washington Base Pay Range
$172,736$253,347 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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