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Senior Engineer, Patching

United States (On-site)

Senior Engineer, Patching

1 Hour ago • 4-8 Years • Backend Development

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Job Description

As a Senior Engineer on the Patching team at Epic Games, you'll collaborate with a cross-site group to build and maintain core content installation and patching technology. Responsibilities include architecting new features, optimizing patching performance, collaborating with backend services teams, designing and implementing well-documented features, improving existing tools, and maintaining codebases. You'll work with millions of gamers, developers, and enterprise professionals, ensuring underlying systems meet customer needs. This involves profiling, troubleshooting, and using expertise to drive solutions across a range of challenges.

Must have:

Excellent C++ skills
Familiarity with patching and compression techniques
Proficiency in algorithm design, profiling, and optimization
System interface and tool architecture
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

Good to have:

Cross-platform development (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Version Control Systems (Perforce, Git)
IDEs (Visual Studio, Xcode)
Networking diagnostic tools (Charles, Postman)

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

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

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 in North America and Europe (including CA, NY, & WA).

New York City Base Pay Range

$211,514—$310,221 USD

California Base Pay Range

$186,133—$272,995 USD

Washington Base Pay Range

$177,672—$260,586 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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$177.7K - $310.2K/yr (Outscal est.)

$243.9K/yr avg.

United States

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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.