Epic Games is hiring a

Trust & Safety Engineer

Cary, United States

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.

TRUST AND SAFETY

What We Do

The Epic Trust and Safety team provides a safer experience for Epic users. We work across multiple products and services to improve technology and craft transparent policies so our players and users can have positive experiences on our platforms.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to support our Trust & Safety tools and services. Our team builds solutions that prevent the spread of harmful content, enforce our community guidelines, and analyze user reports. As a direct contributor to these systems, you will have the opportunity to improve the safety of hundreds of millions of players around the world. Our ideal candidate will be comfortable developing web applications using React and Go in a microservice environment and can work well with internal and external product development teams.

In this role, you will

  • Design and implement new features in our various React/Go web applications
  • Experiment with new technologies to improve the accuracy and efficiency of our proactive content screening and user report processing pipelines
  • Partner with stakeholders and internal product teams to integrate the trust and safety systems into their workflows
  • Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and other developers to identify new threats and integrate with new workflows and products

What we're looking for

  • Experience programming front-end applications with modern frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular, etc. (React is common at Epic Games)
  • Experience developing web APIs and using at least one of the following languages: Go, C++, C#, Python, or JavaScript/Node.js
  • 4+ years of experience crafting secure, scalable, and highly available web applications and services
  • Experience programming back-end web services in Go or a similar language
  • Experience with cloud technologies (we use AWS)
  • Demonstrated understanding of relational and NoSQL databases
  • Experience monitoring and managing databases (we use Elasticsearch/MongoDB/PostgreSQL)
  • Experience building event-driven systems
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and design patterns
  • Effective communication skills

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 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. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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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