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

We enable Epic’s 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 a massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world. Your primary responsibility will be the leadership of our Online Applications team with a focus on building a strong team with a growth mindset, setting and holding a high bar for quality, providing context and vision, and delivering impactful results. You will build strong relationships across engineering and product teams to ensure that we are providing the best possible experience for the developers & customers who are using our cloud platforms.

In this role, you will

• Be accountable for providing world-class experiences across a number of user-facing applications for Epic’s customers and developers, allowing them to navigate and engage with Epic’s content and ecosystem through high-quality, engaging, scalable and delightful user experiences
• Build, grow, and mentor an engineering team that balances technical expertise with customer focus and a growth mindset to deliver consistently
• Partner closely with product management, software engineering, and cloud engineering teams to ensure that your roadmap is appropriately prioritized to drive meaningful outcomes
• Maintain a high bar for the quality and operational health of the tools and experiences that your teams build and define the metrics used to measure the effectiveness of your systems
• You will use your technical expertise to mentor engineers and provide leadership on resolving complex technical challenges

What we're looking for

• A proven track record of leading high performing engineering teams
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to work across teams to understand technical and non-technical needs from diverse stakeholders
• Knowledge of modern web, full-stack and mobile development platforms
• Deep understanding of cloud technologies, especially Amazon Web Services
• The ability to drive a long-term vision for a cohesive set of applications across an ecosystem, building on a unified platform

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.