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ONLINE INFRASTRUCTUREWhat 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
We’re looking for a Database Administrator / Database Engineer to join our Online Infrastructure Team who will own and manage database systems across Epic and work closely with our internal development teams. Our online team builds services that help power all of our online games such as matchmaking, profile storage, dedicated game servers and more. This role will help this team with items around operational excellence such as observability and performance at scale.
In this role, you will
- Become a subject matter expert on one or more of our database platforms at Epic Games
- Understand the performance and scaling of our databases across multiple microservices
- Develop best practices for one or more of our database platforms at Epic Games
- Provide advice to development teams on data patterns, usage, and implementation
- Develop tools and automations to make our team and customers more efficient
- Mentor and educate the team on your areas of expertise
- Provide troubleshooting and timely resolution of database issues
- Participate in 24x7 on-call incident escalation rotations
What we're looking for
- Experience at scale with multiple cloud database technologies such as DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc
- Deep knowledge of database architecture and implementation, including expertise in schema design, caching strategies, and ensuring high availability
- Extensive experience in scaling cloud database systems, including proficiency in sharding and data partitioning techniques
- Proven experience with Linux, and cloud computing technologies such as AWS, or other cloud computing environment
- Experience with Terraform and Ansible or other IaC technologies
- History working directly with development teams
- Familiarity with data migration and extraction techniques in a zero downtime environment
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA & WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The 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).
California Base Pay Range
$174,499—$255,932 USD
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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What We Do
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.
