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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.\nBeing 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.\nQUALITY ASSURANCE\nWhat We Do\nThe 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.\nWhat You'll Do\nOur SDETs are first and foremost software engineers; they act as force multipliers for quality efforts across the business by providing tools, frameworks, coaching, and education. As we continue to grow a world-class technical organization within Quality Assurance, we are looking for a SDET Manager with proven leadership and test engineering vision for our Unreal Engine team.\nIn this role, you will\nLead and grow a team of SDETs building automated test coverage across Unreal Engine, as well as mentor and coach SDETS at every career stage\nWrite and ship production code in the team's test frameworks, tools, and CI integrations, as well as own the team's systems end to end, including design, reliability, and maintenance\nSet the team's test roadmap, from unit and API coverage through input-driven end-to-end tests of the editor and runtime\nExtend existing frameworks, including low-level, integration, and end to end tests\nTurn manual test cases into automated coverage, as well as keep committed tests deterministic and reproducible on any machine\nLeverage Al-assisted tools to speed up tool/framework development, test authoring, failure triage, and flake analysis\nIncrease visibility into test coverage and Cl health for engineering leadership, and influence the vision for the wider SDET organization at Epic\nWhat we're looking for\nExperience leading software engineering teams, including mentorship, technical roadmaps, trade-offs, and prioritization\nA track record of writing and shipping production code while leading a team, as well as current, hands-on proficiency in C++ and at least one of C#, Python, or TypeScript\nStrong knowledge of how game engines work. Unreal Engine 5 experience is preferred\nExperience with automation frameworks and continuous integration at scale, and experience setting test strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels\nExperience using AI coding tools in engineering work, and judgment about when their output can be trusted\nAbility to learn complex tech stacks quickly and extend existing investments rather than bypass them\nClear written communication with engineers, producers, and leadership\nEPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE\nOur 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.\nABOUT US\nEpic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.\nLike what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!\nEpic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.\nNote to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. 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