Backend Engineer

Job Description

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
As a Backend Programmer at Epic, you will work exclusively on backend systems that power high-scale eCommerce experiences. You'll design, build, and operate distributed services that handle millions of transactions, integrating deeply with teams across the globe. This role requires an excellent command of Java, microservices, and AWS infrastructure, with a focus on performance, reliability, and secure design.
In this role, you will
• 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
What we're looking for
• 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)
• Nice to have: background in eCommerce, especially payments, checkout, or subscription systems

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