Engineering Director

Job Description

ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE

What We Do

We enable Epic's online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier, faster, and safer to build, operate, and scale their applications. We operate at massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world.

What You'll Do

We enable Epic's online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier, faster, and safer to build, operate, and scale their applications. We operate at a massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world. Your primary responsibility will be leading infrastructure and platform teams in our Developer Platform organization. You will support and grow multiple teams of highly talented engineers, setting and holding a high bar for quality, providing context and vision, and delivering impactful results to support the development and operations of core Epic products, including Fortnite and Unreal Engine. You will build strong relationships across engineering and product teams to ensure that we are providing the best possible experience for the developers who are using our cloud platforms and infrastructure.

In this role, you will
• Be accountable for providing a world-class development experience for Epic developers, allowing them to build, deploy, and release their products and online applications with high quality and minimal friction
• Build, grow, and mentor an engineering team that balances technical expertise with customer focus and a growth mindset to deliver consistently
• Partner with product management and stakeholders to establish clear priorities and align delivery expectations
• Maintain a high bar for the quality and operational health of the tools that your teams build and define the metrics used to measure the effectiveness of your systems
• Use your technical expertise to mentor engineers and provide leadership on resolving complex technical challenges
• Be an active member of the broader engineering leadership team to help drive continuous improvement and champion modern infrastructure practices
• Lead vendor and partner management efforts, including overseeing relationships with technical vendors and contractors/SOW partners to ensure alignment with team objectives and deliverables

What we're looking for
• A proven track record of leading high performing engineering teams operating at scale
• Strong technical background with a deep understanding of cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and modern software development practices and developer platforms
• A passion for coaching and a proven track record of recruiting, mentoring, and retaining talent
• Excellent ability to communicate effectively and build relationships with colleagues across technical and non-technical functions
• An ability to drive a long term vision for improved developer productivity through continual iterative improvements

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-rnq9pk-3-137-171-168-42 in your application.