Senior Backend Engineer (.NET

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.

Epic Games is searching for an experienced senior programmer to join our developer platform team. You'll work on Horde, our in-house platform that powers CI/CD, remote execution, build health, storage, and other services critical to developer iteration and workflows. This platform is key to delivering our internal game projects and supports numerous organizations outside of Epic.

• Collaborate with mixed discipline teams across Epic and multiple time zones to help steer Horde's architecture, ensuring new features are scalable, maintainable, and fit the overall design
• Take ownership of parts of the Horde codebase, implementing new features, fixing bugs, and supporting internal teams and Unreal licensees
• Develop and extend the Horde plugin architecture across Build, Compute, Storage, Secrets, and Tools

• Deep experience developing CI/CD systems for large-scale, high-volume environments, preferably in a live service setting
• Expert knowledge of C# and .NET, including multithreading and memory management / reducing memory pressure
• Strong backend and server architecture knowledge, ideally with ASP.NET, gRPC, Mongo
  
  DB, and Redis
• Experience working with cloud solutions such as AWS or Azure
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience developing web frontends is a plus
• Experience leveraging agentic programming tools in your workflows is a plus

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA, NYC, & WA).

New York City Base Pay Range
$172,736 — $253,347 USD

California Base Pay Range
$190,010 — $278,682 USD

Washington Base Pay Range
$172,736 — $253,347 USD

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.

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.