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ENGINEERING - EPIC GAMES SERVICESWhat 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
As a web developer at Epic, you’ll apply your full-stack expertise to tackle complex technical challenges with innovative solutions. Collaborating with Epic teams across the globe, you’ll design, develop, and maintain responsive, user-focused web experiences in eCommerce-specific domain areas such as checkout, payment, payout, subscription services, and more, delivering impactful solutions that power seamless online interactions for our users worldwide.
In this role, you will
- Design, implement, and optimize scalable, secure, and highly available web applications
- Leverage deep full-stack understanding to solve complex technical challenges
- Manage and resolve real-time issues in online applications and systems to ensure reliability
- Collect, analyze, and interpret metrics to improve web application performance and functionality. Ensure comprehensive monitoring and alert coverage
- Contribute to the product roadmap by providing insights on milestone schedules and deliverables
- Refactor, enhance, and maintain the existing codebase for improved performance and scalability
What we're looking for
- Passionate Developer: Committed to building and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available consumer-facing online applications
- Experience: Experience in collaborating with design teams to design, document and build design systems for scalable and consistent user interfaces
- Testing-Oriented Mindset: Proficient in designing and implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
- Technical Expertise: Advanced knowledge of front-end technologies, including Angular, Node.js, TypeScript, React JS, Grails/Groovy, and Gradle. Familiarity with modern frameworks and tools such as Webpack 4/5, Redux/Saga, OAuth 2.0, Yarn, ESLint, and Babel
- Security Awareness: Knowledgeable about common website vulnerabilities and secure development practices
- Cloud and Infrastructure: Solid understanding of AWS services like Elastic Cache, SNS, SQS, and Redis
- DevOps Knowledge: Understanding of tools and processes including Docker, Terraform, Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity/Jenkins)
- Database Experience: Skilled in working with both relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB)
- Authentication & Authorization: Familiarity with mechanisms such as OAuth, OpenID, and JWTs
- Domain-Specific Experience: Experience in building eCommerce systems such as payment, checkout, or subscription platforms is a plus
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 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).
Washington Base Pay Range
$162,161—$237,835 USD
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.
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What We Do
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.
