Senior Backend Engineer

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

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.

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

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Epic Games Store team, you'll architect and deliver the backend systems that power one of the world's largest digital storefronts. You'll build and scale the services behind the features players and developers interact with every day from game discovery to global sales events, ensuring that the store is fast, reliable, and engaging at massive scale.

You'll work closely with product, frontend, and platform teams to deliver seamless experiences for millions of users, applying deep technical expertise and helping elevate the work of those around you.
In this role, you will

• Lead the design and implementation of backend services that support core storefront features, including game browsing, search, recommendations, and promotions
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to turn business requirements into well-architected, maintainable solutions
• Apply and share advanced backend engineering practices to improve performance, scalability, and security
• Build backend features using modern frameworks and languages such as Node.js, Java, Kotlin or Python
• Mentor and support other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems, with a focus on preventing recurrence through systemic fixes
• Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of tools, technologies, and patterns that help the team deliver high-quality software efficiently

What we're looking for

• Significant hands-on experience (typically 7+ years) designing, building, and operating secure, distributed backend systems at scale
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Node.js, Java, Kotlin, Python), with strong fundamentals in performance optimization, concurrency, and fault tolerance
• Expertise in RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), including serverless and container-based services
• Deep understanding of database technologies - both SQL and NoSQL - and how to model and query data for high-scale scenarios (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git) in large-scale production environments
• Familiarity with message queues and streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, SQS) in real-world use cases
• Proficiency with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch) and operational excellence practices (SLIs, SLOs, SLAs)
• Ability to take technical ownership of significant systems or features, guiding their design and evolution while collaborating closely with other engineers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of mentoring peers and sharing knowledge to raise the technical bar

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

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.

ABOUT US

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!

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