Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description

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
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Epic Games Store team, you'll architect and deliver the backend systems that power one of the world's largest digital storefronts. You'll build and scale the services behind the features players and developers interact with every day from game discovery to global sales events, ensuring that the store is fast, reliable, and engaging at massive scale.
You'll work closely with product, frontend, and platform teams to deliver seamless experiences for millions of users, applying deep technical expertise and helping elevate the work of those around you.
In this role, you will
• Lead the design and implementation of backend services that support core storefront features, including game browsing, search, recommendations, and promotions
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to turn business requirements into well-architected, maintainable solutions
• Apply and share advanced backend engineering practices to improve performance, scalability, and security
• Build backend features using modern frameworks and languages such as Node.js, Java, Kotlin or Python
• Mentor and support other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems, with a focus on preventing recurrence through systemic fixes
• Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of tools, technologies, and patterns that help the team deliver high-quality software efficiently
What we're looking for
• Significant hands-on experience (typically 7+ years) designing, building, and operating secure, distributed backend systems at scale
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Node.js, Java, Kotlin, Python), with strong fundamentals in performance optimization, concurrency, and fault tolerance
• Expertise in RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), including serverless and container-based services
• Deep understanding of database technologies - both SQL and NoSQL - and how to model and query data for high-scale scenarios (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git) in large-scale production environments
• Familiarity with message queues and streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, SQS) in real-world use cases
• Proficiency with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch) and operational excellence practices (SLIs, SLOs, SLAs)
• Ability to take technical ownership of significant systems or features, guiding their design and evolution while collaborating closely with other engineers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of mentoring peers and sharing knowledge to raise the technical bar
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including WA).

Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
Washington Base Pay Range
$202,965 — $297,682 USD

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-369vzq-216-73-216-43-42 in your application.