Principal Backend Engineer Job at Epic Games, Washington DC

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  • Epic Games
  • Washington DC

Job Description


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.

ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE


What We Do


We enable Epic’s online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier, faster, and safer to build, operate, and scale their applications. We operate at massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world.

What You'll Do


Epic Games is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the Cloud Automation Deployment Enablement (CADE) team. In this role, you’ll lead team growth and technical execution, drive alignment on technical strategy, and collaborate cross-functionally to accelerate software development through the development of a reliable and scalable infrastructure platform.

In this role, you will



  • Help lead the strategy and vision for the CADE team and its products, ensuring our goals are aligned with the rest of the organization

  • Design and implement self-healing, reliable and scalable infrastructure platforms in a cloud-native environment

  • Build, grow, and mentor an engineering team that balances technical expertise with customer focus and a growth mindset to deliver consistently

  • Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback-driven engineering culture

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to shape and communicate the team’s vision, strategy, and roadmap

  • Drive continuous improvement in the team’s processes, delivery, and impact

  • Ensure high standards in system architecture, code quality, and operational excellence

What we're looking for



  • A proven track record of driving technical leadership of high performing engineering teams or cultures

  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work across teams to understand technical and non-technical needs from diverse stakeholders

  • Knowledge of modern developer platforms and industry standards for developer tooling and practices

  • In-depth experience in Golang, particularly in relation to infrastructure automation

  • Deep understanding of cloud technologies, especially Amazon Web Services

  • An ability to drive a long term vision for improving cloud infrastructure and services through continual iterative improvements

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

Washington Base Pay Range

$262,259—$384,646 USD

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!


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 .

Job Tags

Remote job, Full time,

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