Petabyte-Scale Data Platform Engineering Lead

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

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