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Full-Time

Release Manager

LEGO Fortnite

Posted on 4/3/2024

Epic Games

Epic Games

5,001-10,000 employees

Develops 3D engine technology and digital platforms

Hardware
Industrial & Manufacturing
VR & AR
Consumer Software
Design
Real Estate
Education
Consumer Goods
Entertainment
Gaming

Compensation Overview

$99.9k - $146.6kAnnually

+ Discretionary Incentive Programs

Junior, Mid, Senior

Bellevue, WA, USA

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
DevOps Engineering Management
Site Reliability Engineering
Required Skills
Quality Assurance (QA)
JIRA
Requirements
  • Strong project management and communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
  • Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
  • Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana
  • Exposure to platform certification processes
  • Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
  • Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles
Responsibilities
  • Working closely with dev production, QA, and Live Ops teams on identifying and resolving risks related to milestones and releases
  • Developing new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Fortnite ecosystem
  • Owning the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
  • Knowing the process for submitting builds to external partners inside and out, and is the expert on all things related to external build certification
  • Working with QA Leads to establish and maintain bug triage process, determine and prioritize must-fix issues for release and work with appropriate team members to ensure bug fixes happen as planned
  • Coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates
  • Ensuring releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment and effectively communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties

Epic Games is a prominent provider of Unreal Engine, a widely utilized 3D engine technology with applications in gaming, film, architecture, automotive, and simulation. The company also offers Epic Online Services and Epic Games Store, establishing a comprehensive digital platform for developers and creators to produce, distribute, and manage games and other content.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$15.4B

Headquarters

Cary, North Carolina

Founded

1991

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

12%

2 year growth

35%

Benefits

Health coverage - 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match and profit share

Robust mental well-being programs & free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents

Unlimited PTO & sick time

Paid sabbatical

INACTIVE