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.
Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll DoWe are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our build framework team. You will be responsible for delivering new features, fixing bugs, and supporting Horde, our in-house build system, which offers a broad range of services, including CI/CD, remote execution, build health, storage, and analytics. This framework is critical to the delivery of our internal game projects operating at an extremely large scale on Perforce streams over 2TB in size, with an average of 133,000 leases executing per day across 2,000 agents. Last year, we officially released Horde to Unreal licensees, so there are now numerous organisations outside of Epic that also rely on Horde.
In this role, you will- Take ownership of various parts of the Horde code base, implementing new features, fixing bugs, and providing support to both our internal teams and Unreal licensees
- Bring your cloud expertise to the Horde team, looking for opportunities to make Horde operate as efficiently as possible on AWS
- Work closely with mixed-discipline teams across Epic to find scalable and achievable solutions based on the requirements of Horde’s stakeholders
- Operate effectively with teams spanning multiple time zones
- Provide guidance to Unreal licensees both in the form of technical documentation and working alongside developer relations to grow adoption of Horde and ensure we are delivering the best possible build system for anyone working with Unreal
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong knowledge of backend or distributed systems development
- Experience working with cloud solutions such as AWS or Azure
- Excellent knowledge in a backend language like C# or Java (C# preferred)
- Performance mindset with experience optimizing code which executes on scalable distributed solutions
- Experience with technologies we use in our tech stack is a plus, ASP.NET, MongoDB, Redis, and Terraform, and a good understanding of how to use them efficiently
- Highly collaborative with excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
- Previous experience working with Unreal and a good understanding of its tech stack is a plus
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.
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.
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