Epic Games · 1 month ago
Engineering Director
BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$246K/yr - $360K/yr
7+ years expEpic Games is a leading company in the gaming industry known for its innovative projects and collaborative environment. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Director to lead technical execution for a key project in the Fortnite ecosystem, responsible for driving engineering teams and aligning technical decisions to ensure project success.
Developer PlatformGamingMetaverseSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Have the ability to align disparate audiences, both clarifying complex technical issues for non-engineering stakeholders and translating the needs of production and marketing for low-level developers
Be able to articulate challenges, risks, and trade-offs in a constructive way
Ensure feature request requirements are clear, consistent, and achievable
Regularly manage and mentor engineering leads and individual contributors
Communicate cross-discipline with Design, Art, UI, and Production to understand the goals and requirements of features to be implemented
Work with the engineering Leads to establish and refine our development roadmap
Challenge and align technical decisions across disciplines that lead the project to success
Qualification
Required
A technical leader who excels at giving feedback and has demonstrated capabilities in facilitating team success
Experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms
Experience with the unique challenges of creating and maintaining large-scale, live, online multiplayer games, with a focus on advanced networking, real-time physics, and dynamic, interoperating services
Advanced C++ skills and experience with scripting languages, low-level debugging, and optimization
Impeccable problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Experience collaborating with and managing relationships with both internal teams and external partners
Deep expertise in the product lifecycle for games, such as generating detailed technical requirements, assembling capable teams, executing said requirements, and building robust support systems to manage them
Experience with Unreal Engine 5
Architecting and building solutions in multiple areas of expertise – Gameplay, Graphics, Audio, UI, Networking, and Physics
Passionate about personal development, taking advantage of opportunities to continuously improve
Bachelor's degree in CS or other relevant technical field, 7+ years of game industry experience in an engineering role, and 3+ years in technical leadership roles, across multiple project/hardware cycles, desired
Benefits
Epic’s generous benefit plans
Discretionary incentive programs
Company
Epic Games
Epic Games is an interactive entertainment company that develops games and offers its game engine technology to other developers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$7.86BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySonyDisney Accelerator
2024-06-10Series Unknown
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-02-07Corporate Round· $1.5B
Leadership Team
Randy Gelber
Chief Financial Officer
Tera Randall
Vice President, Communications and Policy
Recent News
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