Senior Web Programmer

PROGRAMMING - EPIC GAMES SERVICES

What We Do

Driving the plug-in power behind Unreal Engine 5. We bridge connections for licensees and our own internal game teams to online services. This allows games like Fortnite to utilize a combination of platform online services as well as Epic’s own online services to build cross-platform online features. Login, parties, voice chat, matchmaking, purchasing, cloud storage, and analytics are just a few examples of online features that our Online Game Services team helps games utilize.

What You'll Do

In this role, you’ll work with web technologies to build the next generation of mobile social experiences for our players. You’ll work closely with our EOS SDK and game teams to implement core social features for our mobile platform, launcher and consoles. Most importantly, you’ll work with a creative, energetic, and fun team to build experiences for players across a multitude of games and devices!

In this role, you will

• Leverage deep full-stack understanding to solve complex technical challenges with novel solutions
• Work with Epic teams around the world to further develop and maintain responsive front end and user-centered web experiences, while also focusing on establishing core web standards for all of Epic’s websites
• Use a wide range of technologies based on the application and need - such as React, Node, Vite, Remix and Typescript for in-house frontend applications
• Utilize AWS infrastructure to scale the entire Fortnite player base
• Opportunities to make an impact in many areas across the company

What we're looking for

• Passion for crafting secure, scalable, and highly available web applications
• Experience architecting and leading innovative, complex web projects
• Experience collaborating with a variety of strategic stakeholders to bring a product vision to life
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript, Typescript, React, Node, and GraphQL
• A strong understanding of performance and optimization
• Experience in collaborating with design teams to design, document and build design systems for scalable and consistent user interfaces
• Experience with cloud technologies (we use AWS)

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.