Join Epic Games: Principal Analytics Data Programmer Opportunity

Why Join Epic?

At the heart of Epic Games' success are our talented and passionate team members. We take pride in fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative environment. Whether it's developing award-winning games or pioneering engine technology for visually stunning interactive experiences, we are always pushing the boundaries of possibility.

About the Role: Principal Analytics Data Programmer

Our mission is to offer a world-class platform that allows our business to leverage data, enhancing, monitoring, and supporting our products. We manage data ingestion systems, processing pipelines, and various data stores, all operating at a petabyte scale in the cloud. By supporting near real-time and traditional batch use cases, we are at the forefront of data innovation.

Your Mission

As the Principal Analytics Data Programmer, you will be the technical leader responsible for architecting our next-generation data warehouse. Your role involves identifying business needs and bridging gaps between data producers, consumers, and platform teams to ensure data quality and enable actionable insights.

Responsibilities:

• Develop processes and tools to improve our data capabilities, ensuring efficient, repeatable, and scalable answers to business questions.
• Shape the data platform team's roadmap to meet future technological demands.
• Collaborate with data infrastructure teams to address business pain points with effective solutions.
• Understand business requirements from an analytics standpoint, partnering with data analysts to structure data beneficially for users and underlying systems.
• Influence cross-functional teams—including programmers, product managers, and data scientists—to identify and represent data opportunities meaningfully.
• Elevate team performance through mentorship, process improvements, and tool advancements.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in identifying data needs and shaping data strategies with cross-functional partners.
• Strong analytical background with hands-on experience in shaping data models and data warehouses for business efficiency.
• Expertise in building and optimizing ETL and adjacent technologies (e.g., SQL, Python, schedulers).
• Experience managing petabyte-scale data warehouses.
• Knowledge of the gaming industry is a plus, but not mandatory.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer a comprehensive benefits package covering 100% of costs for employees and dependents. This includes supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability, and a competitive retirement savings plan with employer match. Our robust mental well-being program through Modern Health offers free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base salary for this position is $184,796—$271,033 CAD for residents of or individuals expected to work within British Columbia. Compensation varies based on factors such as skills, competencies, qualifications, and experience. In addition to base pay, employees usually participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs.

About Us

Epic Games operates in 19 countries with 55 studios and over 4,500 employees worldwide. For more than 25 years, we've been crafting award-winning games and engine technology that empowers developers to create stunning 3D content. Our Unreal Engine technology is used across various industries, including media, entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. We are committed to building teams of world-class talent to continue our legacy of innovation.

Like what you hear? Join us and be part of something Epic!

Epic Games values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

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Company: Epic Games
Position: Principal Analytics Data Programmer, Core