Backend Engineer, EPIC Games
CA$147.7-207.9k
Interactive entertainment company
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Interactive entertainment company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$147.7-207.9k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create fun games we want to play and building the art and tools we need to bring those games to life.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of software programming experience, with experience in developing online systems
- Solid background in writing distributed systems (REST / RPC / GraphQL) in large scale environments
- Proven track record of operating live services
- Experience owning and supporting team projects and features, from technical design to development to deployment with minimal oversight
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to provide, solicit and accept feedback constructively
- Experience with the tech stack we use (Java, AWS, Redis, Mongo, Dynamo, Terraform)
- Hands-on experience implementing protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenIDConnect, WebAuthN
- Previous experience supporting identity, authentication, or account services at scale
- Previous experience collaborating with upstream mobile teams and programmers
What the job involves
- As a member of the Identity team you will craft high performance online services at scale focused on authentication, authorization, and account management
- Backend Programmers focus mostly on the platform API services and operating the infrastructure it runs on
- We are a highly collaborative environment with a keen focus on quality, reliability, and usability
- From design, implementation, and deployment you'll be able to shape the services and features that drive the future of Identity on the Epic Games ecosystem
- Write distributed systems to handle large scale challenges supporting tens of millions of concurrent users (we primarily use Java)
- Work with public cloud infrastructure to facilitate a fast moving ecosystem (we use AWS, K8s)
- Own the entire lifecycle of services, including live operations and deployment
- Store critical data in a secure and complaint way within non-relational databases (we use MongoDB, Dynamo and Redis)
- Collaborate in healthy ways with producers, product owners, and other programmers, cloud, infrastructure or DevOps teammates
- Provide feedback and estimates on feature development and other operational tasks
- Own the outcome - Be accountable for the solutions you build and flexible around the ambiguity of the problem space
Our take
Epic Games is the creator of Fortnite, Unreal, Gears of War, Shadow Complex, and the Infinity Blade series of games. Epic's Unreal Engine technology brings high-fidelity, interactive experiences to PC, console, mobile, AR, VR and the Web. Its recent announcement - Unreal Engine 5 - is set to lay the technical foundations for countless future releases.
Epic Games' model focuses on two key areas: creating games and offering its game engine technology to other developers. Doing this means that Epic Games' brand stretches beyond their own direct creations. The company has been able to put its name to some of the most iconic games of the last 20 years. Its most recent success is undoubtedly the creation of Fortnite, which has gained hundreds of millions of users since its launch in 2017.
Long-established as one of the leaders in their field, these are undoubtedly exciting times for Epic Games. The release of next-generation consoles like the PS5 has enabled Epic Games to push the limits of their software, meaning it'll lead the charge in the creation of next-gen games. 2024 saw an unprecedented investment in Epic Games by Disney, amounting to $1.5 billion. This will enable Disney to promote iconic characters through the Fortnite game. With the number of people enjoying video games continuing to grow, there is no sign of Epic Games slowing down any time soon.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$1.5bn
LATE VC
Apr 2022
$2bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $8.6bn
Company benefits
- Insurance: Health, dental, and vision
- Retirement plan, 401(k) plan
- Performance bonuses (quarterly)
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Paid holidays and sick days
- Employee discounts at the Epic Store
- Free lunches and snacks on site
- Pet-friendly offices so you can bring your well-behaved pet to work
- Company-sponsored social events such as happy hours and special events
Company values
- BE EPIC - Contribute to the unrelenting focus on innovation, quality and community that defines us
Company HQ
Cary, NC
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Leadership
Tim Sweeney
(CEO)Founded 'Potomac Computer Systems', which would later become Epic Games, in 1991, from his parents' house in Maryland.
Mark Rein
(Vice President)Joined Sweeney in 1992, when the two renamed Sweeney's company into 'Epic Games'.
People progressing
Joined as a UI/UX Developer in 2018, promoted to Lead Software Engineer after 18 months
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