Senior Backend Programmer (SCM & CI/CD)
Epic Games3 days ago
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate backend infrastructure for CI/CD and artifact platforms on AWS and GCP.
- Lead software supply chain security initiatives, including vulnerability scanning, artifact signing, provenance, and build-runner hardening.
- Partner with security and governance teams to implement controls, audits, and compliance requirements.
- Set technical direction, contribute to architecture and priorities, and document technical decisions.
- Guide and review contractor work while setting clear tasks and engineering standards.
- Automate infrastructure and workflows through infrastructure as code, self-service tooling, and workflow automation.
- Improve build-platform reliability, scalability, and observability; troubleshoot production issues and participate in incident response.
- Use AI coding tools and agentic workflows and help apply them to infrastructure engineering.
Requirements
- Strong experience running cloud infrastructure on AWS; experience with GCP or Azure is welcomed.
- Experience deploying and maintaining environments with infrastructure as code such as Terraform and configuration management tools.
- Hands-on production experience running Kubernetes.
- Experience operating CI/CD and version-control systems at scale, such as Lore, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Codefresh, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, or Perforce.
- Working knowledge of software supply chain security, vulnerability scanning, artifact and container registries, secrets management, and build-infrastructure hardening.
- Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
- Comfort with AI coding tools and agentic programming, with interest in applying them to infrastructure work.
- Experience leading technical work through design decisions, mentoring programmers, or directing contractors or vendors.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work across security, governance, and programming teams.
- Experience with security or compliance frameworks in a large organization is preferred.
Benefits
- The company pays 100% of medical, dental, vision HRA, long-term disability, life insurance, and dependent premiums.
- Benefits include a 401k with competitive match and a mental well-being program through Modern Health with free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
- Offers include company events, company-wide paid breaks, unlimited PTO, and unlimited sick time.
- Employees receive a paid sabbatical after seven years of employment.
Tech Stack
About Epic Games
Epic Games builds Fortnite and operates the Epic Games Store, and develops Unreal Engine and Epic Online Services for game studios and creators. Its business model spans game sales and in-game purchases, Unreal Engine licensing and royalties, and revenue share from its storefront and services. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, this privately held company’s technology is also used in film/TV, architecture, automotive, and simulation.