Epic Games · 1 day ago
Backend Engineer
Cary, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expEpic Games is a leading company in the gaming industry known for its innovative engine technology and award-winning games. As a Backend Programmer, you will design, build, and operate distributed services that handle millions of transactions, focusing on performance, reliability, and secure design.
Developer PlatformGamingMetaverseSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and iterate on scalable, secure, and highly available backend services
Own and operate distributed microservices in domains including payments, checkout, orders, and subscriptions
Diagnose and resolve production issues involving latency, concurrency, distributed systems behavior, and service interoperability
Take ownership end-to-end: you build it, you run it: define, review, and improve service metrics, monitoring, logging, and alerting practices
Collaborate with product and programming teams to shape technical direction, define milestones, and deliver high-impact features
Refactor and improve existing services for performance, scalability, and maintainability
Work closely with programming teams in GMT+8, including regular real-time collaboration across time zones
Qualification
Required
5+ years' hands-on experience building and running production backend systems (preferably handling high traffic, high reliability environments)
Expert-level Java experience, including Spring Boot and modern backend development practices
Microservices programming background: service boundaries, API design, resiliency patterns, async processing, observability
Deep understanding of REST API design and implementation
Advanced knowledge of both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases
Practical experience with caching, messaging, and asynchronous pipelines
Solid working knowledge of AWS services: EC2, RDS, Elastic Cache, SNS, SQS, Redis
Familiarity with authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth, OpenID, JWT
Experience with modern DevOps toolchains: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Gradle, CI/CD (TeamCity or GitHub Actions)
Preferred
Nice to have: background in eCommerce, especially payments, checkout, or subscription systems
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision HRA
Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401k with competitive match
Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health
Free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents
Unlimited PTO
Sick time
Paid sabbatical
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
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