Senior Software Engineer, WebRTC

Epic Games; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where you'll be part of a dynamic team focused on building innovative real-time communication services. As a member of the Media Services team, you will tackle challenges in developing highly distributed systems that serve millions of users. Your expertise in C++ and WebRTC will be vital in enhancing our client stack and driving technical decisions. With a commitment to employee well-being, this organization offers comprehensive benefits, including unlimited PTO and a robust mental health program. Be part of a culture that values diversity and continuous innovation.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision HRA

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401k with competitive match

Unlimited PTO

Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Mental well-being program

Company-wide paid breaks

Qualifications

• Proficient in C++ with experience in WebRTC.
• Hands-on experience in debugging and optimizing WebRTC stacks.

Responsibilities

• Guide implementation of WebRTC across teams.
• Develop and improve WebRTC client stack for distribution.

Skills

C++

WebRTC

Debugging and optimizing WebRTC stacks

Designing and maintaining C APIs

Understanding build systems (GN, Ninja)

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.

ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE What We Do

We enable Epic’s online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services that are used by more than half a billion players around the world. Our mission is to provide world class tools and platforms to improve the experience of our developers and make it easier, faster, and safer to build, operate, and scale their applications. We operate at massive scale as one of the largest cloud computing users in the world.

What You'll Do

As a member of the Media Services team, you'll build the platform that empowers existing and upcoming services within the Epic Games ecosystem. You'll face great challenges in building highly distributed systems to serve the need to provide real-time communication to millions of users. You will work closely with other teams to design and maintain resilient services based on synchronous and asynchronous APIs.

In this role, you will

• Guide the implementation of WebRTC across multiple Epic Games teams
• Develop and improve our WebRTC client stack to ship to a large distribution of platforms
• Investigate and explore new technologies to continuously innovate our real-time communication services
• Contribute and communicate technical product decisions and provide technical guidance on the vision of WebRTC within Epic Games

What we're looking for

• Highly proficient in C++
• Deep understanding of signaling concepts for WebRTC
• Hands-On experience in debugging and optimizing WebRTC stacks
• Experience in designing and maintaining C APIs
• Understanding build systems like GN, Ninja

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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.