Programming Director

Overview

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.

What You'll Do

We are seeking an experienced programming leader to direct the technical approach and execution for a main internal project in the Fortnite ecosystem. They will be responsible for driving several programming teams to be capable of meeting any technical challenge that may arise, curating the staffing levels across the various programming specializations, providing critical technical insight and feedback, and supporting project planning from the programming perspective. They will align project technical decisions to lead the project programming team from the idea to a successful live online multiplayer game.

• Have the ability to align disparate audiences, both clarifying complex technical issues for non-programming stakeholders and translating the needs of production and marketing for low-level developers
• Be able to articulate challenges, risks, and trade-offs in a constructive way
• Ensure feature request requirements are clear, consistent, and achievable
• Regularly manage and mentor programming leads and individual contributors
• Communicate cross-discipline with Design, Art, UI, and Production to understand the goals and requirements of features to be implemented
• Work with the programming Leads to establish and refine our development roadmap
• Challenge and align technical decisions across disciplines that lead the project to success

What we're looking for

Benefits

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

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.

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!

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