Senior Backend Programmer
Senior Backend Programmer
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Job Description
WHAT MAKES US EPIC
At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building awardwinning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
PROGRAMMING EPIC GAMES SERVICES
What We Do
Driving the plugin 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 Epics own online services to build crossplatform 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 Youll Do
As a member of our Distribution Backend team you can expect to coordinate with a crosssite 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
- Be handson and use your technical expertise to drive solutions for a range of challenges
- Collaborate with other teams (including Product Design QA EGS Mobile and Epic Games Launcher Teams)
- Design architect implement and ship welldocumented new features
- Improve and evolve existing tools and features
- Maintain and hunt for bugs in existing code bases
- Take part in foundational work as we embark on a new chapter for our desktop clients
What were looking for
- 5 years of software programming industry experience developing online systems
- Experience working with largescale distributed systems (AWS Redis Kafka Kubernetes Java Spring)
- Proficient in cloud technologies preferably AWS cloud services Unixflavored operating systems CI/CD environments and deploying and running containerized services
- Experience with REST APIs and Terraform
- Strong problemsolving logic and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to architect system interfaces and tools
- Track record of development on tight schedules with complex technical requirements
- Passion for building great user experiences and products that serve diverse use cases
- Preferred Skill: Experience with Version Control Systems like Perforce and Git
- Preferred Skill: Experience using networking diagnostic and debugging tools like Charles and Postman
This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including 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 arent limited to) things such as skills and competencies qualifications knowledge and experience. In addition to base pay most employees are eligible to participate in Epics generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making awardwinning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics awardwinning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build highfidelity 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 worldclass 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 here.
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 here.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
