Senior Backend Programmer, Horde

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Cloud Programmer to enhance their build framework team, working on innovative projects that utilize AWS. This position will involve collaborating with diverse teams, optimizing cloud solutions, and supporting a critical in-house system, Horde, used by numerous organizations globally.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Retirement savings plan with competitive employer match

Robust mental well-being program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of backend or distributed systems development.
• Excellent knowledge in a backend language like C# preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement new features and fix bugs in the Horde code base.
• Work closely with teams to optimize the build system on AWS.
• Provide guidance to Unreal licensees through documentation.

Skills

Cloud Solutions

Backend Systems

C# or Java

Performance Optimization

Communication Skills

Tools

AWS

Azure

ASP.NET

MongoDB

Redis

Terraform

Unreal Engine

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE What We Do

Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

We are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Programmer to join our build framework team. You will be responsible for delivering new features, fixing bugs, and supporting Horde, our in-house build system, which offers a broad range of services, including CI/CD, remote execution, build health, storage, and analytics. This framework is critical to the delivery of our internal game projects operating at an extremely large scale on Perforce streams over 2TB in size, with an average of 133,000 leases executing per day across 2,000 agents. Last year, we officially released Horde to Unreal licensees, so there are now numerous organisations outside of Epic that also rely on Horde.

In this role, you will

• Take ownership of various parts of the Horde code base, implementing new features, fixing bugs, and providing support to both our internal teams and Unreal licensees
• Bring your cloud expertise to the Horde team, looking for opportunities to make Horde operate as efficiently as possible on AWS
• Work closely with mixed-discipline teams across Epic to find scalable and achievable solutions based on the requirements of Horde’s stakeholders
• Operate effectively with teams spanning multiple time zones
• Provide guidance to Unreal licensees both in the form of technical documentation and working alongside developer relations to grow adoption of Horde and ensure we are delivering the best possible build system for anyone working with Unreal

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong knowledge of backend or distributed systems development
• Experience working with cloud solutions such as AWS or Azure
• Excellent knowledge in a backend language like C# or Java (C# preferred)
• Performance mindset with experience optimizing code which executes on scalable distributed solutions
• Experience with technologies we use in our tech stack is a plus, ASP.NET, MongoDB, Redis, and Terraform, and a good understanding of how to use them efficiently
• Highly collaborative with excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
• Previous experience working with Unreal and a good understanding of its tech stack is a plus

This role is open to multiple locations in North America and Europe (excluding CA, NY, & WA).

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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