Principal Backend Engineer
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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 award-winning 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.
ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE
What We Do
We enable Epics online services teams to build deploy and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier faster and safer to build operate and scale their applications. We operate at massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world.
What Youll Do
Epic Games is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the Cloud Automation Deployment Enablement (CADE) this role youll lead team growth and technical execution drive alignment on technical strategy and collaborate cross-functionally to accelerate software development through the development of a reliable and scalable infrastructure platform.
In this role you will
- Help lead the strategy and vision for the CADE team and its products ensuring our goals are aligned with the rest of the organization
- Design and implement self-healing reliable and scalable infrastructure platforms in a cloud-native environment
- Build grow and mentor an engineering team that balances technical expertise with customer focus and a growth mindset to deliver consistently
- Foster an inclusive collaborative and feedback-driven engineering culture
- Collaborate with stakeholders to shape and communicate the teams vision strategy and roadmap
- Drive continuous improvement in the teams processes delivery and impact
- Ensure high standards in system architecture code quality and operational excellence
What were looking for
- A proven track record of driving technical leadership of high performing engineering teams or cultures
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work across teams to understand technical and non-technical needs from diverse stakeholders
- Knowledge of modern developer platforms and industry standards for developer tooling and practices
- In-depth experience in Golang particularly in relation to infrastructure automation
- Deep understanding of cloud technologies especially Amazon Web Services
- An ability to drive a long term vision for improving cloud infrastructure and services through continual iterative improvements
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (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 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 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. Epics 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 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:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
