What We Do
Our team is at the forefront of powering the largest game in the world. Our mission is to build, maintain, and support the globally scaled backend services powering Fortnite. As a part of this team, you'll be involved in a wide variety of tasks to ensure our players have the best possible experience, from building resilient, scalable backend services to collaborating with other teams on new features and systems. If you're excited about working on a game enjoyed by hundreds of millions of players, then we have the job for you!
What You'll Do
- Be a technical leader in the Live Operations team, architecting and building highly scalable, reliable, and performant backend services that power Fortnite.
- Drive improvements to existing systems, ensuring they meet the evolving demands of a rapidly growing player base.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams and product managers to define and implement new features and services.
- Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems and ensure high availability.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience in designing, developing, and operating large-scale distributed systems, preferably in a gaming or high-traffic consumer application environment.
- Expertise in at least one of the following languages: C++, Java, Go, or Python.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes.
- Proven track record of technical leadership, including mentoring junior engineers and driving complex projects to completion.
- Experience with DevOps practices and a strong commitment to building reliable, maintainable, and observable systems.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams.
- Someone who is user-focused, passionate, and has a desire to work on the best games in the industry.