Epic Games is hiring a

Senior Software Engineer

Novi Sad, Serbia

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.

ENGINEERING - 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

The KWS Age Assurance team is looking for a Senior Developer to join the team to enable us to deliver more great features to our partners. You’ll write code which improves the verification experience for parents as well as other projects within Epic to ensure the safety of kids online. You’ll mostly be focussed on the backend code supporting our products, but you will from time to time have to dip into any part of our tech stack when changes are necessary.

In this role, you will

  • Be part of the Age Assurance team, completing tickets, giving sprint demos, etc. and take the lead role in cross-team projects
  • Work on any part of the stack to deliver a feature but be excellent at backend development
  • Own the changes you make through development to production, whilst considering security, reliability and maintainability in the code you write
  • Undertake code reviews collaboratively and constructively and mentor and help grow other members of the team
  • Work with other teams across Epic
  • Work with product managers, designers and others across the KWS team to get input into your work and provide input to their work
  • Help scale the services to match the load required from some of the world's biggest games

What we're looking for

  • Great programming skills - we use typescript mostly but transferable experience is welcome
  • Experience in cloud-based applications (preferably AWS)
  • Experience working with databases and queues which include sensitive data
  • Keenness to learn and share learnings with other team members
  • Enthusiasm for kids’ safety online

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for private medical insurance (inc. dental/vision), supplemental life, supplemental accident, and disability. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

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.

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