Senior Web Programmer

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 171,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where your full-stack expertise will help tackle complex challenges in web development. As part of a global team, you will design and maintain user-focused web experiences for eCommerce, ensuring seamless online interactions. This role offers the chance to innovate within a creative environment, contributing to the development of impactful solutions that enhance user engagement. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a collaborative workspace that values your contributions.

Benefits

100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Employee assistance program

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in building secure, scalable web applications.
• Proficient in testing methodologies and practices.
• Strong understanding of online application security.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize scalable web applications.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance user interfaces.
• Analyze metrics to improve performance.

Skills

Full-Stack Development

Angular

Node.js

TypeScript

React JS

Grails/Groovy

Gradle

Database Management (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

Cloud Services (AWS)

DevOps (Docker, Terraform)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD Pipelines (TeamCity/Jenkins)

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 - 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 web developer at Epic, you’ll apply your full-stack expertise to tackle complex technical challenges with innovative solutions. Collaborating with Epic teams across the globe, you’ll design, develop, and maintain responsive, user-focused web experiences in eCommerce-specific domain areas such as checkout, payment, payout, subscription services, and more, delivering impactful solutions that power seamless online interactions for our users worldwide.

In this role, you will

• Design, implement, and optimize scalable, secure, and highly available web applications
• Leverage deep full-stack understanding to solve complex technical challenges
• Manage and resolve real-time issues in online applications and systems to ensure reliability
• Collect, analyze, and interpret metrics to improve web application performance and functionality. Ensure comprehensive monitoring and alert coverage
• Contribute to the product roadmap by providing insights on milestone schedules and deliverables
• Refactor, enhance, and maintain the existing codebase for improved performance and scalability

What we're looking for

• Passionate Developer: Committed to building and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available consumer-facing online applications
• Experience: Experience in collaborating with design teams to design, document and build design systems for scalable and consistent user interfaces
• Testing-Oriented Mindset: Proficient in designing and implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Technical Expertise: Advanced knowledge of front-end technologies, including Angular, Node.js, TypeScript, React JS, Grails/Groovy, and Gradle. Familiarity with modern frameworks and tools such as Webpack 4/5, Redux/Saga, OAuth 2.0, Yarn, ESLint, and Babel
• Security Awareness: Knowledgeable about common website vulnerabilities and secure development practices
• Cloud and Infrastructure: Solid understanding of AWS services like Elastic Cache, SNS, SQS, and Redis
• DevOps Knowledge: Understanding of tools and processes including Docker, Terraform, Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity/Jenkins)
• Database Experience: Skilled in working with both relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB)
• Authentication & Authorization: Familiarity with mechanisms such as OAuth, OpenID, and JWTs
• Domain-Specific Experience: Experience in building eCommerce systems such as payment, checkout, or subscription platforms is a plus

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.

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).

British Columbia Base Pay Range

$171,622 — $251,712 CAD

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.

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.