Principal Web Engineer

ENGINEERING - EPIC GAMES SERVICES

What 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

Web Engineers at Epic impact a diverse set of initiatives from end to end. These range from the Epic Games Store to Fortnite social experiences, in-game features, and web applications supporting all kinds of community, marketing, and events content. We also build a variety of products that support other developers, from internal initiatives to third-party teams worldwide. These include web portals for core platform services, marketplace and eCommerce applications, and beyond.

In this role, you will

• Be a technical leader within Epic Games
• Use your hands-on expertise in developing web applications at a large scale, including making architectural choices, selecting programming languages and frameworks, and implementing them
• Showcase your familiarity with industry-standard web engineering practices and guidelines for the entire web development process, including coding standards, code reviews, version control, building, testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders, including users, technical teams, and management, to gather requirements, and explain technical designs / features
• Collaborate with team members to assess technical viability, test new technology, and explore design options

What we're looking for

• Deep knowledge of JavaScript, Java, Typescript, React, Node, and GraphQL
• Thrive as a software architect within agile operating models, including defining a “technology runway”
• Passion for crafting secure, scalable, and highly available web applications
• Experience architecting and leading innovative, complex web projects
• Very strong technical leadership and ability to command respect at all levels of the organization from executives to engineers
• Experience in collaborating with design teams to design, document, and build design systems for scalable and consistent user interfaces
• Experience with cloud technologies (we use AWS)
• Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience working in an Agile / Scrum environment

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including NYC & 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).