Principal Engineer
Epic Games15 days ago
Base Salary
$214k - $314k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own technical standards, best practices, and architectural guidance across multiple teams.
- Step into the organization's highest-priority projects when they need hands-on help to ship.
- Partner with team leads to raise the quality bar on design, code, and delivery.
- Drive EPE's programming direction, including how we build with tools like Claude Code and Cloud Infrastructure.
- Direct AI development tools to build, test, and review code, and debug problems.
- Drive operational maturity in CI/CD pipelines, testing practices, and code quality.
- Mentor programmers across multiple teams in software development and AI programming.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software programming experience, with time as a senior individual contributor or technical lead.
- Deep expertise in Python and Golang for production systems.
- Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred).
- Experience building AI-powered systems and familiarity with AI development tools.
- Solid DevOps background, including CI/CD, containerization, and automated testing.
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems and APIs in production.
- Strong communication skills to explain technical decisions to diverse audiences.
- Comfort with ambiguity and ability to thrive in a constantly changing environment.
Benefits
- 100% coverage of medical premiums for employees and dependents.
- Robust mental well-being program providing free therapy and coaching.
- Unlimited PTO and sick time, with recognition for long-term employment.
- Company-wide paid breaks and events throughout the year.