Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

Driving the plug-in power behind Unreal Engine 5, the Online Game Services team bridges connections for licensees and Epic’s internal game teams to online services. This enables games like Fortnite to utilize a combination of platform online services and Epic’s own online services to build cross-platform features such as login, parties, voice chat, matchmaking, purchasing, cloud storage, and analytics.

Fullstack Engineers on the Identity team impact a diverse set of account initiatives from end to end, including internal apps like Epic Games Store sign-in and account management, as well as game client account experiences like Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys. The team is creating a universal platform and account experience that allows players and developers to benefit from not having to implement and manage account services themselves. It empowers users to connect accounts across ecosystems and gaming platforms, enabling more fun with friends and family on any device.

Identity Fullstack Engineers build and support login, sign-up, session management, safety and privacy controls, developer integrations, and family management features. As a core team, members play a critical role in current projects and future objectives as Epic strives to create a user-first, open experience for the metaverse.

Responsibilities

• Get things done: assess challenges, craft solutions, and implement them
• Work with distributed systems to handle large-scale challenges (using Java, Scala)
• Work with public cloud infrastructure to facilitate a fast-moving ecosystem (using AWS)
• Own the entire lifecycle of services and web applications, including live operations and deployment
• Design, create, deploy, and operate user flows for sign-in, sign-up, and account management
• Collaborate with upstream and downstream service owners, producers, and other cloud, infrastructure, and embedded DevOps engineers to ship solutions
• Craft solutions using modern SQL and nonrelational databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Connect front-end user flows with backend services in efficient and reusable patterns to support multiple clients and customers across the Epic ecosystem, including games, apps, and services

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience crafting secure, scalable, and highly available web applications and services
• Experience programming back-end web services in Java or a similar language
• Experience programming front-end applications with modern frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular (React is common at Epic Games)
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
• Demonstrated understanding of relational and NoSQL databases

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• Vision HRA (Health Reimbursement Arrangement)
• Long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k with competitive match
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, offering free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
• Company-wide paid breaks and events throughout the year
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment

Pay

The expected annual base pay range for this position is $162,161—$237,835 USD for Washington residents. Compensation varies based on skills, 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.