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What You'll DoEpic Games is searching for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our Foundation Data Pipelines team. In this role, you’ll develop and own geo-replicated cloud systems running all over the world that are essential for Unreal Engine users to ship their games. This involves moving large volumes of data around and in highly available systems. The ideal candidate will have a passion for practical problem solving and an affinity for improving the day-to-day workflow of other developers. We think you subscribe to "You build it, you run it" and feel comfortable jumping between development, operational and support work as needed.
In this role, you will- Build out and operate cloud infrastructure for high efficiency storage and replication of game and editor data
- Optimize iteration times, and improve existing systems for performance, memory usage, and user experience
- Develop custom tools and pipelines for other engineers and content creators
- Work with large complex code base and understand and resolve performance issues
- Establish test workflows to validate performance improvements and prevent regressions
- Support external North American customers by answering their technical requests and questions
- Proficiency with a major cloud provider, AWS preferred
- Excellent knowledge in a backend language like C# or Java (C# and C++ experience preferred)
- Experience with technologies for geo-distribution and consistency
- Experience working with high performance low latency systems
- Demonstrated ability to reason about large, interacting systems from the macro-level to the micro-level
- Experience profiling and optimizing a large codebase
- Comfortable writing multithreaded code and reasoning about dependency graphs and content pipeline for large games
- This role will be supporting North American customers, hence the ability to work across North American time zones is required
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including WA).
Pay Transparency InformationThe 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 aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
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.
