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.
Our mission is to provide a world-class platform that empowers the business to leverage data that will enhance, monitor, and support our products. We are responsible for data ingestion systems, processing pipelines, and various data stores all operating in the cloud. We operate at a petabyte scale, and support near real-time use cases as well as more traditional batch approaches.
What You'll DoEpic Games is looking for an Engineering Lead to guide the Data Interfaces team which is responsible for enabling users and systems to leverage our core data platform and, in turn, enable a wide variety of business use cases. The team owns the collection of operational telemetry data, the UI for interacting with the Data Platform, as well as APIs and plugins for querying data out of the Data Platform for visualization, alerting, and integration into internal services. In this role, you’ll focus on growing and mentoring a high-performing team, aligning the team around our technical vision, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver a scalable data platform.
In this role, you will- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of senior and principal engineers
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback-driven engineering culture
- Drive continuous improvement in the team’s processes, delivery, and impact
- Collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, and analytics to shape and communicate the team’s vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Bridge strategic vision and tactical execution by breaking down long-term goals into achievable, well-scoped iterations that deliver continuous value
- Ensure high standards in system architecture, code quality, and operational excellence
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing teams in data platform or infrastructure environments
- Proven track record navigating complex systems, ambiguous requirements, and high-pressure situations with confidence and clarity
- Deep experience in architecting, building, and operating scalable, distributed data platforms
- Strong technical leadership skills, including the ability to review architecture/design documents and provide actionable feedback on code and systems
- Ability to engage deeply in technical discussions, review architecture and design documents, evaluate pull requests, and step in during high-priority incidents when needed — even if hands-on coding isn’t a part of the day-to-day
- Hands-on experience with distributed event streaming systems like Apache Kafka.
- Familiarity with OLAP databases such as Apache Pinot or ClickHouse
- Proficient in modern data lake and warehouse tools such as S3, Databricks, or Snowflake
- Strong foundation in the .NET ecosystem, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and cloud platforms, especially AWS
- Experience with distributed data processing engines like Apache Flink or Apache Spark is nice to have
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.
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 here.
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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also 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.
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