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Product Manager, Source to Pay

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Our Procurement team establishes and maintains the supplier partnerships required to scale our growing company. Our team includes experts in strategic sourcing, procurement operations, and procurement technology. Together we are responsible for supporting all global business units to achieve corporate objectives.

What You'll Do

As a key member of Epic’s Procurement Operations and Tools team, you will be responsible for leading the global implementation of a Source-to-Pay (S2P) platform at Epic. You will build a strong understanding of business requirements and priorities, then work cross-functionally to scope and execute the implementation to achieve business objectives. Upon completion of the implementation, you will serve as the global product owner for the S2P platform. The ideal candidate will be adept at earning trust with organizational leaders and business partners, motivated by solving difficult and ambiguous problems, passionate about technology and process improvement, and acutely focused on customer experience.

In this role, you will

  • Lead the full, end-to-end global implementation of a S2P platform, including but not limited to purchasing, invoicing, e-sourcing, and contract lifecycle management.
  • Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across all global Epic business units, collaborating to define and deliver against business requirements.
  • Own and manage Epic’s S2P platform, leveraging it to improve S2P process efficiency, controllership, and customer/user experience.  
  • Work with leadership to define efficient ways to support the ever-growing needs of Epic’s Procurement team, including innovative approaches to scale Procurement’s support as Epic grows.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years' experience in product management, program management, or procurement.
  • Experience implementing and managing procurement-focused tools and processes on a global scale.  Prior Coupa experience is a plus (but not required).
  • Strong procurement and S2P background with demonstrated experience in these domains.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment and to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring strong communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

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.

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UI Artist

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

We design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative, while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. We solve the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions.

What You'll Do

In this position, you will collaborate with UX designers to design features and UX/UI systems by generating high fidelity mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides. You will assist the UI Technical Designers and UI Engineers to build out the designs into rapid prototypes and shippable UI to players.

In this role, you will have the ability to take wireframes and bring them to life while improving the UX with visuals. You will also implement final art in Unreal Editor using UMG, animations, materials, etc.

In this role, you will

  • Execute to a high craft quality bar, work autonomously and tackle medium to complex features; contribute to the success of the Product team by designing and implementing complex UI features.
  • Design and Implement medium to complex flows, screens, and components at a high-quality bar with minimal oversight.
  • Contribute to the growth of the UI Artists within my Product Team through feedback and mentorship.
  • Support UX/UI Leads & Directors with scoping and estimation of your work.
  • Actively seek out and facilitate collaboration with partners within my Product Team; assist in leveling up the entire Product Team; work autonomously and require minimal oversight.

What we're looking for

  • 2+ years of experience designing and implementing AAA game UI.
  • You are skilled with Figma, Adobe Suite, and prototyping software.
  • A strong portfolio of work showcasing your work and insight into your process; talented Visual Designer with experience in design systems & component libraries.
  • Experience with UI Art implementation, in Unreal Engine (UMG) or equivalent game engine.
  • Experience with building UI materials & shaders for game engines, or equivalent 3d packages and FX tools; motion design & UI animation, preferably for games or interaction design.
  • You have the ability to see features through to completion and rapidly modify design as information changes.
  • You have a passion for making and playing games and have a strong sense of player empathy; a collaborative, team player with experience working in Agile environments and on multi-disciplinary teams.

If you have a portfolio/reel/website you'd like to share, please hyperlink it to your resume, or submit it as an attachment with your application.

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.

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Lighting Artist

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Lighting Artist to create marketing images. The person in this role will incorporate a passion for games with their technical and artistic abilities to create engaging and exciting media. If you are someone who loves games and is familiar with artistic concepts such as composition, posing, and lighting then we’d like to talk with you!

In this role, you will

  • Work closely with a team to compose still images in Unreal Engine 5 that show off key features, awesome characters, impressive visuals, or specific moments within a game through simple narrative
  • Light still scenes at a cinematic level to convey a mood and push a narrative 
  • Contribute in other aspects of the image creation such as posing characters, set dressing a scene, creating or modifying materials and FX systems, and/or overall image composition to convey simple narratives and show off cosmetics 
  • Come up with concepts for marketing images that will show off upcoming skins, limited time modes, or additional game features coming to the game 

What we're looking for

  • Strong grasp on concepts of composition, cinematography, color, and lighting in visual media
  • Background in studio or production lighting
  • Background in artistic mediums such as photography, painting, or illustration
  • Experience with Lighting in Unreal Engine 5
  • Passion for games and creating video content
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment
  • Able to work independently and own a project from start to completion

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.

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Senior Director of Engineering

Epic Games Cary, NC
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Senior Gameplay Animator

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class animators, as well as environment, character, and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is searching for experienced Animators to join our team working on projects under the Fortnite IP. You'll create original animation with a strong emphasis on style and appeal that's grounded in realistic world physics. A great understanding is needed of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to game animation and the ability to implement animations in the Unreal 5 game engine using our animation blueprint system. A strong sense of gameplay feel and timing in relation to game design principles in Fortnite is a must.

In this role, you will 

  • Create character specific animations such as gameplay animations for the main player and AI as well as dances and emotes or cosmetic items in Maya using our ART/Armature tools set, as well as in Unreal Engine using our Control Rig toolset.
  • Take animation from initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine 5 using our animation blueprint system.
  • Drive collaboration across disciplines, including Production, Design, Technical Animation, Technical Design, and implementation to help drive the style and feel of Fortnite's animation.
  • Collaborate with leads in a dailies style critique environment, and find optimal solutions and address basic issues as they arise.
  • Refine animations and gameplay feel as needed to get the best quality animation within the timeline.

What we’re looking for

  • A strong animation reel showing expertise in key-framed character and creature animation.
  • Relevant experience in Maya and gameplay systems.  
  • Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions.
  • Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline.
  • Related skills; such as modeling, skinning, and rigging.
  • Experience working with Motion Capture is a plus.
  • Experience shipping at least one title.

If you have a portfolio/reel/website you'd like to share, please hyperlink it to your resume, or submit it as an attachment with your application.

EPIC GAMES + 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.

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Senior QA Analyst

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You'll Do

Epic is seeking Senior QA Analysts to act as stakeholders in QA of development strike-teams on a shared project. You will be working directly with our Designers, Engineers, and Producers on this project as an area owner, overseeing the evaluation and planning of testing, allocating your time between deep investigations and reporting on test efforts for your area to drive the quality bar of your embedded space. We are a creative group within a large organization that prizes intelligence, creativity, and nimble problem-solving skills. Our ideal candidate is a self-starter with game QA management experience and has a passion for innovating and improving upon the Project and Product Quality Assurance Process.

In this role, you will

  • Work with product owners, developers and QA management to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan testing coverage for upcoming features/releases
  • Coordinate test efforts between geographically distributed teams, vendors and agencies to deliver the highest quality product
  • Build test strategies and test plans to cover multiple features in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
  • Understand and factor planning around functional, qualitative, and performance testing efforts
  • Using a mix of manual and technical testing skills to execute a variety of testing techniques across your product to analyze the quality of said product
  • Analyze and troubleshoot reported defects and internal issues
  • Track and Report on quality data, and utilize that data to drive conversations around product quality and development health

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of software testing experience in a fast paced environment
  • Solid understanding of test methodologies and iterative development
  • Technical understanding of web, mobile, XR, or game technologies
  • Experience in functional and usability testing in your domain of expertise
  • Experience with cross-platform or cross-browser testing
  • Knowledge in one or more of these areas:
    • Game Engines or 3D Software toolsets
    • Backend servers and APIs
    • Games as a Service model development
    • Agile/Reactive test strategies

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.

Full-time
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Lead UI Programmer

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts.  We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

We’re looking for a Lead Gameplay Systems Engineer who is passionate about games and well-versed in C++, Java and gameplay systems development. You will lead a team of highly talented engineers and participate in designing and implementing highly impactful player engagement systems.

In this role, you will

  • Lead a team engineers focusing on player retention and engagement systems.
  • Build and maintain bridges with stakeholders to realize company vision.
  • Experiment with game design and use rapid prototyping while ensuring that strong architectural and algorithmic decisions are made.
  • Work closely with art and design to create and iterate on gameplay features.
  • Prototype and iterate on features and be willing to accept and respond to critical feedback.
  • Supporting technical excellence on multiple platforms.
  • Optimize and fix bugs in existing gameplay systems.
  • Contribute ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development.
  • Write robust, maintainable code with extensibility in mind.

What we're looking for

  • Strong C++ skills and programming principles knowledge.
  • Talent for building robust, extensible, maintainable systems.
  • Experience developing AAA games or game engine technology professionally.
  • Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and able to work independently.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal).
  • Experience with player engagement and retention systems is a plus.

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.

Full-time
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Senior Engine Programmer, AutoSTM

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Engine Programmer at Epic Games, you will be at the center of our mission to enable the next generation of game developers. In this role, you will be working on AutoSTM, a new transactional memory system for Unreal Engine. We are looking for someone with a love of low-level, performance-focused engine programming and enthusiasm for out-of-the-box solutions.

In this role, you will

  • Adapt engine code to AutoSTM
  • Find opportunities for parallelism in gameplay logic
  • Maintain the AutoSTM compiler and runtime
  • Design AutoSTM's integration with the Verse programming language

What we're looking for

  • Excellent C++ knowledge
  • Experience profiling, optimizing, and debugging a large codebase
  • Comfortable writing multithreaded code
  • Comfortable with game engine development
  • Comfortable with programming language concepts

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.

Full-time
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UI Programmer

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts.  We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

We’re looking for a User Interface (UI) Engineer who is passionate about games and well-versed in C++, UI and gameplay development. In this role, you'll have an opportunity to work across UI, gameplay, and platforms to build features highly impactful to users.

In this role, you will

  • Work closely with art and design leads to ensure that UI meets aesthetic and functional requirements.
  • Attending to every detail, especially with regard to compliance, layout, and design.
  • Architecting, planning, and implementing new UI systems with a focus on extensibility.
  • Optimizing and fixing bugs in existing UI systems.
  • Contributing ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development.
  • Writing robust, maintainable code with extensibility in mind.
  • Working collaboratively with the team to ensure that UI meets aesthetic and functional requirements.
  • Work closely with artists, designers, and other programmers on cutting-edge features that support player experiences as we build the Metaverse.

What we're looking for

  • Exceptional C++ programming skills.
  • Experience developing UI features for games across multiple platforms. 
  • Knowledge of networking, rendering, and other systems impacting quality and performance. 
  • Unreal Engine development experience. 
  • Passion for games and great user experiences.  
  • Keen analytical mind and mature problem-solving skills.

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.

Full-time
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Environment Art Lead

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire. 

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for an experienced Environment Art Lead to lead the efforts of our Fortnite Environment Art team. The Environment Art Lead will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists to help create and maintain the Environment vision for the game. This person will have a balance of technical capability, creative thinking, and a strong ability to lead a team in developing content for our various Biomes, POIs and various assets and props.  By working closely with the Sr. Art Director you will be accountable for understanding the direction for the World, assisting with reviews, offering initial rounds of feedback, interfacing with Design Leads, and ensuring the team maintains a high-quality technical foundation, and visual style.

In this role, you will

  • Be highly creative - imagine and help drive the Environment Art vision forward
  • Work with Discipline Leads and Outsource partners to keep progress going forward and facilitate engaging player experiences.
  • Lead the development for a group of Art Leads, collaborating with them to identify great ideas and steer them through the content development pipeline
  • Understand the high level goals of Environment direction; help guide implementation.
  • Assist the Art Director with rounds of feedback to streamline work process across all disciplines
  • Ensure the core narrative goals and visual pillars of the game are being achieved
  • Represent the Art Director when necessary in meetings and discussions

What we're looking for

  • Strong understanding of Environment art for games, architecture, integration of natural and manmade environments, innovative and grounded based ideation to create environments that feel fresh and have mass appeal
  • Experience working with designers around core game loops.
  • Desire to grow your leadership skills.
  • Experience shipping Games on multiple platforms, including mobile.
  • Deep understanding of performance and optimization trade-offs for best quality, smart approach to maximizing asset reuse, as well as deep knowledge of technical art creation.
  • Strong understanding of art fundamentals, lighting, composition, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal.
  • Experience as a Lead overseeing an entire development team, including providing effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors.
  • Strong collaborative nature to partner with Senior Art Director and Discipline leads.
  • Core understanding of what makes for an engaging player experience.
  • You’re user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.
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Player Lifecycle Lead

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

The Player Lifecycle team is responsible for driving awareness and adoption of key product moments and features with our existing user base to drive retention and engagement across all Epic Games supported products.

What You'll Do

As a Player Lifecycle Lead, you will plan, develop, and deliver on marketing channel functionality and strategies in order to drive user engagement, optimize user flows, and increase user retention. This individual drives the business by being the intersection of internal cross functional teams (engineering, campaign strategists, marketing operations, product managers, privacy & legal etc.) owning our marketing channels and operating workflows with these channels.

In this role, you will

  • Identify and drive development of opportunities across campaign, product, operations and tooling workflows to maximize reach and ROI on supported channels: In-product, email, push notification in line with privacy/ compliance requirements. translate these requirements into executable processes, leading teams to deliver on-time and at-quality.
  • Identify areas of opportunity for increased user acquisition and engagement across the ecosystem; develop and partner with cross functional teams across the organization to implement strategies, features and functionality.
  • Identify and execute strategies to increase trust, privacy, and compliance.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project and campaign implementations.
  • Translate business needs to functional requirements & process design, and work with campaign leads to prioritize/plan enhancement requests.

What we're looking for

  • 8-10 years of B2B and B2C marketing strategy and operations experience with particular focus in omnichannel strategy.
  • Skilled in crafting integrated marketing strategies across all channels and touchpoints, including off platform campaigns, website, social, community platforms, mobile push, notification centers with exceptional knowledge on marketing strategies relevant for each channel in compliance with marketing and privacy regulations.
  • Strong technical expertise with marketing tech - email, in client messaging, notification etc. and implementing such tools.
  • Strong experience successfully delivering complex projects requiring strong project management skills, attention to detail, and accountability.
  • Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, and ability to build long-term relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • A reputation for successfully driving results in dynamic environments with a high degree of ambiguity.
  • Have a proven track record in games or entertainment.

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.

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QA Manager

Epic Games Cary, NC
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What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You'll Do

We’re looking for an experienced QA Manager for Fortnite! In this role you will be developing and guiding the quality strategy for seasonal Fortnite Battle Royale, partnering with other discipline leads, and innovating and improving our seasonal quality processes to deliver an epic experience for our players. If you are passionate about leading and mentoring experienced QA professionals in an exciting, fast-paced environment, we’d love to talk to you!

In this role, you will

  • Lead, manage, and mentor a team of QA leads and QA individual contributors on Fortnite Battle Royale, providing coaching and feedback to guide others to success.
  • Develop a Quality Strategy encompassing staffing, technical requirements, product space and involvement throughout the development lifecycle on Fortnite Battle Royale.
  • Collaborate with other QA managers in the Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and other spaces to identify areas of risk between products and work out mitigation strategies across the whole of the Fortnite ecosystem.
  • Identify improvement and innovation opportunities in existing quality approaches and provide recommendations of new ones where they are needed and impactful.
  • Define and use KPIs and data to inform testing priorities and outline risks on a project level, providing clear accountability chains and escalation paths for multiple levels of ownership in QA.
  • Work with other departments and disciplines to set quality bars and standards for the product.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of QA experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership/management level.
  • Proven capability in leading and managing large teams of QA professionals, both Individual Contributors and Leads, directly embedded with the rest of the development team.
  • Strong understanding of the importance of multiple testing types, including verification and validation testing, usability testing, security testing, performance testing, etc.
  • Proactive study of advanced training in QA methodology and principles.
  • Expert-level understanding of KPIs and Metrics that inform quality in products, people, and processes.
  • Proven ability to take ownership over large-scale process improvements, working with other QA and with other disciplines to plan, implement, and drive adoption.
  • Deep understanding of risk, specifically how to identify, classify, report on, and manage it.
  • Proficient communication skills at the individual and team level.
  • Ability to thrive while working in a fast paced working environment while juggling multiple initiatives

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.

Full-time
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