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What You'll DoEpic Games is looking for a Programming Lead to manage a newly formed team within the Identity Programming organization. This team will be responsible for core services that power our authentication/authorization experiences and enable users to personalize and control their accounts. The services that your team is responsible for are used by other Epic services and end users to personalize their accounts.
In this role, you will- Collaborate closely with programmers, producers, QA, and product owners to ensure high-quality deliverables and consistent technical alignment within the Identity team
- Help define and influence the product roadmap while managing a team working across a diverse set of projects
- Ensure the timely delivery and quality of day-to-day output from your team
- Provide technical leadership, drive operational excellence, and offer architectural guidance
- Support and manage the performance and career growth of your team members
- Serve as a secondary on-call escalation point to support programmers in incident response and coordination during large-scale issues
- Take ownership of outcomes — be accountable for the solutions your team delivers, and remain adaptable in the face of ambiguity
- 4–6+ years of foundational experience as an individual contributor working on high-scale microservices
- 3+ years of experience as a people manager, with responsibility for at least three direct reports
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering user-facing systems at scale, with a strong understanding of how backend services impact end-user experience
- Ability to provide architectural guidance and review technical designs produced by your team
- Strong people leadership skills, including successfully guiding teams through periods of growth and change
- Hands-on experience with our core tech stack: Java, AWS, Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Terraform
- Familiarity with both agile and waterfall methodologies, and the judgment to apply the right one for the situation
- Experience collaborating closely with upstream mobile teams and cross-functional programming stakeholders
- Background in authentication technologies or identity platforms is a plus, but not a strict requirement
This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including NY, CA & WA).
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 InformationThe 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).
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.
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