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Principal Backend Engineer

Epic Games

$262,259 - $384,646
Aug 12, 2025
Bellevue, WA, US
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Epic Games is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the Cloud Automation Deployment Enablement (CADE) team. The goal is to accelerate software development through the development of a reliable and scalable infrastructure platform, enabling Epic's online services teams to build, deploy, and manage services used by over half a billion players worldwide.

Requirements

  • In-depth experience in Golang, particularly in relation to infrastructure automation
  • Deep understanding of cloud technologies, especially Amazon Web Services
  • Knowledge of modern developer platforms and industry standards for developer tooling and practices
  • An ability to drive a long term vision for improving cloud infrastructure and services through continual iterative improvements

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement self-healing, reliable and scalable infrastructure platforms in a cloud-native environment
  • Help lead the strategy and vision for the CADE team and its products, ensuring our goals are aligned with the rest of the organization
  • Build, grow, and mentor an engineering team that balances technical expertise with customer focus and a growth mindset to deliver consistently
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to shape and communicate the team’s vision, strategy, and roadmap
  • Drive continuous improvement in the team’s processes, delivery, and impact
  • Ensure high standards in system architecture, code quality, and operational excellence

Other

  • A proven track record of driving technical leadership of high performing engineering teams or cultures
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work across teams to understand technical and non-technical needs from diverse stakeholders
  • Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback-driven engineering culture
  • This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including WA).