Epic Games is looking for an Engineering Lead to manage a newly formed team within the Identity Engineering 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.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with engineers, 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 engineers 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
Requirements
4–6+ years of foundational experience as an individual contributor working on high-scale microservices3+ years of experience as a people manager, with responsibility for at least three direct reportsDemonstrated experience designing and delivering user-facing systems at scale, with a strong understanding of how backend services impact end-user experienceAbility to provide architectural guidance and review technical designs produced by your teamStrong people leadership skills, including successfully guiding teams through periods of growth and changeHands-on experience with our core tech stack : Java, AWS, Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, and TerraformFamiliarity with both agile and waterfall methodologies, and the judgment to apply the right one for the situationExperience collaborating closely with upstream mobile teams and cross-functional engineering stakeholdersBackground in authentication technologies or identity platforms is a plus, but not a strict requirementEpic 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.
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