Senior Security Engineer

What Makes US Epic?

At the core of Epic's success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it's building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we're always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We're constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

What We Do

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

Epic Games is looking for a Senior Security Engineer focused on Application Security to develop and improve our services, products, and games against exploits and attacks. Your efforts will be critical to the success of Fortnite and the many creators who depend on it. The ideal candidate would have prior experience developing security features. We are particularly interested in those that have prior experience working with desktop application security or Unreal Engine. This is an incredible opportunity to create a safe environment for millions of players and advance industry best practices.

In this role, you will

• Collaborate with the Fortnite and Unreal Engine teams to understand the security implications of existing and upcoming features, proposing changes if appropriate
• Proactively seek out vulnerable components in the Fortnite game client or backend, then clearly communicate the problem and implement the recommended solution
• Influence others to maintain a security oriented mindset
• Architect, implement, deploy, and/or maintain new security initiatives for the Fortnite game client, server and backend components
• Debug, modify, and optimize existing security systems for the Fortnite game client, server and backend components
• Build and use Al capabilities to increase vulnerability research coverage and develop novel solutions

What we're looking for

• Expert knowledge in one or more of the following programming languages in a security environment: C++, Go, or C#
• Familiarity with development and security practices on Windows or Linux
• Deep, technical understanding of methods used to attack or exploit networked systems
• Understanding of malware techniques
• Understanding of client and server sandboxing techniques for Windows or Linux
• Understanding of cryptographic principles, especially digital signatures

Benefits

Epic Job + Epic Benefits = Epic Life:

• Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life.
• We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents.
• Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match.
• We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.