Senior Developer, Patching

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 member of our Patching team, you can expect to coordinate with a cross-site group of highly skilled individuals. You will have opportunities to architect new features and evolve existing products used daily by millions of gamers, developers, and enterprise professionals. You will partner closely with backend services teams to ensure that the underlying systems we build meet internal and external customer needs.

In this role, you will
• Build and maintain core content installation and patching technology
• Profile and optimize patching features to ensure they're highly performant
• Be hands-on and use your technical expertise to drive solutions for a range of challenges
• Collaborate with other teams (including Product, Design, QA, and Backend Service Teams)
• Design, architect, implement, and ship well-documented new features
• Improve, and evolve existing tools and features
• Maintain and hunt for bugs in existing code bases

What we're looking for
• Excellent C++ skills and software engineering principles
• Familiarity with patching and compression techniques
• Proficiency with algorithm design, profiling, and optimization
• Ability to architect system interfaces and tools
• Strong problem-solving, logic, and troubleshooting skills
• Track record of development on tight schedules with complex technical requirements
• Experience with any of the following is nice to have: cross-platform development (Windows, Mac, Linux), Version Control Systems like Perforce and Git, IDEs like Visual Studio and XCode, and networking diagnostic and debugging tools like Charles and Postman

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyn85k-18-221-85-142-42 in your application.