Senior Backend/Platform Engineer (.NET / C#)

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.

Location
US East Coast or UK (required)

What We Do

Our mission is to provide a world-class platform that empowers the business to leverage data that will enhance, monitor, and support our products. We are responsible for data ingestion systems, processing pipelines, and various data stores all operating in the cloud. We operate at a petabyte scale, and support near real-time use cases as well as more traditional batch approaches.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Data to join our Data Interfaces team. The team builds APIs, backend services, and tooling that enable teams and services across Epic to access and interact with our core data platform, including systems that support operational telemetry collection, data querying, visualization, alerting, and integrations with internal services. In this role, you will design and build backend systems that power how teams across Epic access and leverage data at scale.

In this role, you will

• Design and build backend systems in C# / .NET that enables teams across Epic to access and leverage data at scale.
• Work on systems that collect and process operational telemetry used across Epic products
• Collaborate closely with other data platform teams to support scalable data ingestion and access patterns
• Contribute to the architecture and reliability of distributed data systems operating at large scale and support the evolution of these systems over time
• Partner with engineers across teams to integrate data platform capabilities into internal services

What we're looking for

• Strong software engineering experience building backend systems using C# / .NET
• Experience designing and operating scalable distributed systems
• Experience building or working with data platforms or data-intensive systems
• Hands-on experience with distributed event streaming systems such as Apache Kafka
• Experience working with container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes
• Experience building and operating services in AWS or other cloud platforms
• Familiarity with OLAP databases such as Apache Pinot or ClickHouse
• Experience with modern data lake or warehouse technologies such as S3, Databricks, or Snowflake
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Flink or Apache Spark, or experience working on large-scale analytics or telemetry platforms is preferred
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams

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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