Epic Games

Epic Games

Senior Backend Engineer, Developer Platform (Horde)

Cary,North Carolina,United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 hours ago
C#.NETDistributed SystemsMongoDBRedisAWSAzureCI/CDAPI DevelopmentgRPCUnreal EngineAR/VREpicCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • We're constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with mixed discipline teams across Epic and multiple time zones to help steer Horde's architecture, ensuring new features are scalable, maintainable, and fit the overall design
  • Develop and extend the Horde plugin architecture across Build, Compute, Storage, Secrets, and Tools
  • Strong backend and server architecture experience, including data modeling, API design, and scaling strategies
  • This platform is key to delivering our internal game projects and supports numerous organizations outside of Epic.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience designing distributed systems that handle scheduling, queueing, storage, and failure recovery at high volume
  • Expert knowledge of C# and.NET, including multithreading and memory management
  • Experience with cloud solutions such as AWS or Azure

Nice to have

  • Live service experience is a plus
  • Familiarity with ASP.NET, gRPC, MongoDB, or Redis (or equivalent) is a plus
  • Experience leveraging agentic engineering tools in your workflows is a plus

Skills

  • 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.
  • Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years.

Benefits

  • You'll work on Horde, our in-house platform that powers CI/CD, remote execution, build health, storage, and other services critical to developer iteration and workflows.

Company info

  • Epic Games​ ​is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 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!
  • Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
  • Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
  • Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
  • Epic Games​ ​is a leading interactive entertainment company.
  • For over 30 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!
  • Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.
  • Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
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