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Intern - Backend Engineer

Epic Games

London, United Kingdom 09-03-2024
 
  • Paid
  • Internship
  • Entry (0-2 years) Experience
Job Description
ENGINEERING - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We're always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

BACKEND ENGINEER INTERN

What You'll Do

We are looking for a backend engineer intern to join our diverse team and help us deliver the future of parental controls. The FreeKWS platform provides a toolset that helps Epic and other developers, both large and small, engage with audiences of all ages responsibly. We have developed a high-availability, highly scalable platform, but there is always room for improvement, and this is where you will come in. You will work closely with some very talented and experienced engineers to optimize our services and deliver new features to parents and players.

In this role, you will
• Be an active member of the team and attend our ceremonies
• Write code in line with the team's best practices
• Be responsible for delivering into production the tickets you pick up in the sprint
• Work collaboratively with your fellow engineers and ask for help when needed
• Actively participate in team meetings and to ask questions about new concepts/patterns

What we're looking for
• Familiarity with typescript
• Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Someone who is keen to learn
• Good communication skills and technical level of English (B2 or above)
• Familiarity with the various AWS services
• Familiarity with NestJS framework

This internship has a flexible start date in 2025. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic's Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers.

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-d9m414-18-191-238-6-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Epic Games

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.