Job Description
PROGRAMMING - GAMES
What We Do
Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of programming experts. We're always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Backend Programmer (Ecommerce) on the Fortnite Online Services team, you will help craft and improve highly available, high throughput, low latency services that empower critical features in Fortnite such as virtual currency, subscriptions, in-game store, promotions, and many other monetization features. These services integrate with all major PC, console and mobile platforms, and scale with popular games like Fortnite for years to come. The Fortnite Online team is a collaborative environment and a successful candidate will help to foster an open, supportive culture in which everyone can be successful and their authentic self. Learn more at https://dev.epicgames.com/
In this role, you will
• Be empowered to assess a challenge, craft a solution, and implement it
• Write backend service systems to handle large-scale challenges
• Closely work with client-side programmers to craft highly efficient end-to-end solutions
• Collectively own the entire lifecycle of services, including live operations and deployment as a team
• Work together with teammates, upstream and downstream service owners, producers and other cloud, infrastructure and embedded DevOps programmers to ship solutions
• Own the outcome - Be accountable for the solutions you build and flexible around the ambiguity of the problem space
What we're looking for
• 5+ years of software programming experience, with experience in developing online systems
• Experience developing scalable backend web services in the cloud (we use Java)
• Experience integrating with e-commerce systems via REST APIs
• Experience operating live services, from monitoring, troubleshooting, to mitigating issues
• Eager to share knowledge with, learn from, and ultimately grow together with the team
This role is open to multiple locations in North America (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 — $279,600 USD
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-dyz6n3-52-14-48-138-42 in your application.