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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Epic Games, Inc.
- **Location:** Cary, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Software Applications, Cloud Storage, Digital Content, Online Service Provider, Web Applications, Computer Gaming, Backend, Unreal Engine
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/517894d6-db18-489c-bd9a-8d9101c71334

## About the Role

* Experience building perfect experience-focused desktop applications, as well as strong professional experience building production software in Rust
 * Owned and shipped large initiatives that require coordination across multiple teams
 * Ability to architect system interfaces and tools
 * Track record of development on tight schedules with complex technical requirements
 * Passion for building great user experiences and products that serve diverse use cases
 * Someone who is user-focused, solution-oriented, passionate, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and are at the core of just about everything we do

## Description

Driving the plug-in power behind Unreal Engine 5. We bridge connections for licensees and our own internal game teams to online services. This allows games like Fortnite to utilize a combination of platform online services as well as Epic's own online services to build cross-platform online features. Login, parties, voice chat, matchmaking, purchasing, cloud storage, and analytics are just a few examples of online features that our Online Game Services team helps games utilize.
What You'll Do

The Applications Team builds desktop and web applications, as well as supporting online services to power content discovery and digital delivery. Our team of engineering experts is always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower internal and external developers to deliver their digital content to users across multiple platforms. Whether it be supporting Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, or external partners, we are committed to improving the scalability, efficiency, portability, and stability of our tech offerings. As a member of our Applications team, you can expect to coordinate with a cross-site group of highly skilled individuals. You will have opportunities to architect new features and evolve existing products used daily by millions of gamers, developers, and enterprise professionals. You will partner closely with backend services teams to ensure that the underlying systems we build meet internal and external customer needs.
In this role, you will

 * Focus on the technical implementation and evolution of the Epic Games Launcher desktop application
 * Be hands-on and use your technical expertise to drive solutions for a range of challenges
 * Collaborate with other teams (including Product, Design, QA, and Backend Service Teams)
 * Design, architect, implement, and ship well-documented new features
 * Improve, and evolve existing tools and features
 * Maintain and hunt for bugs in existing code bases
 * Take part in foundational work as we embark on a new chapter for our desktop clients


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