Engineering Manager, Data Platform

Epic Games (Portuguese); Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan

Dental insurance

Disability & life insurance

Critical illness

Cycle to work

Flu shots

Health checks

Meals

Mental well-being program

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking an Engineering Lead for the Data Interfaces team to grow a high‑performing group that builds and operates the core data platform, APIs, and visualization tools. You will mentor senior engineers, align the team around a shared technical vision, and partner with data science and analytics to deliver scalable data solutions.

You’ll drive architecture, code quality, and operational excellence while translating long‑term goals into achievable iterations that deliver continuous

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering management in data platform or infrastructure.
• Proven ability to handle complex systems and ambiguous requirements.
• Experience architecting, building, and operating scalable data platforms.
• Strong technical leadership, reviewing architecture and giving actionable feedback on code and systems.
• Hands-on with distributed event streaming systems like Apache Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of senior and principal engineers.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture.
• Drive continuous improvement in the team’s processes, delivery, and impact.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, and analytics to shape and communicate the team’s vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Bridge strategic vision and tactical execution by breaking down long-term goals into achievable, well-scoped iterations that deliver continuous value.
• Ensure high standards in system architecture, code quality, and operational excellence.

Skills

Engineering management

Distributed systems leadership

Technical mentorship

Architecture review

Incident response

Data platform expertise

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Kubernetes

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Pinot

ClickHouse

S3

Databricks

Snowflake

Kubernetes

AWS

Apache Flink

Apache Spark

.NET ecosystem

Job description

DATA ENGINEERING

What We Do

Our mission is to provide a world-class platform that empowers the business to leverage data that will enhance, monitor, and support our products. We are responsible for data ingestion systems, processing pipelines, and various data stores all operating in the cloud. We operate at a petabyte scale, and support near real-time use cases as well as more traditional batch approaches.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for an Engineering Lead to guide the Data Interfaces team which is responsible for enabling users and systems to leverage our core data platform and, in turn, enable a wide variety of business use cases. The team owns the collection of operational telemetry data, the UI for interacting with the Data Platform, as well as APIs and plugins for querying data out of the Data Platform for visualization, alerting, and integration into internal services. In this role, you’ll focus on growing and mentoring a high‑performing team, aligning the team around our technical vision, and partnering with cross‑functional teams to deliver a scalable data platform.

In this role, you will

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of senior and principal engineers
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback‑driven engineering culture
• Drive continuous improvement in the team’s processes, delivery, and impact
• Collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, and analytics to shape and communicate the team’s vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Bridge strategic vision and tactical execution by breaking down long‑term goals into achievable, well‑scoped iterations that deliver continuous value
• Ensure high standards in system architecture, code quality, and operational excellence

What we're looking for

• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high‑performing teams in data platform or infrastructure environments
• Proven track record navigating complex systems, ambiguous requirements, and high‑pressure situations with confidence and clarity
• Deep experience in architecting, building, and operating scalable, distributed data platforms
• Strong technical leadership skills, including the ability to review architecture/design documents and provide actionable feedback on code and systems
• Ability to engage deeply in technical discussions, review architecture and design documents, evaluate pull requests, and step in during high‑priority incidents when needed — even if hands‑on coding isn’t a part of the day‑to‑day
• Hands‑on experience with distributed event streaming systems like Apache Kafka.
• Familiarity with OLAP databases such as Apache Pinot or ClickHouse
• Proficient in modern data lake and warehouse tools such as S3, Databricks, or Snowflake
• Strong foundation in the .NET ecosystem, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and cloud platforms, especially AWS
• Experience with distributed data processing engines like Apache Flink or Apache Spark is nice to have

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

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.