# Principal Engineer, AI Platform at Epic Games

- Company: Epic Games
- What the company does: Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/home
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-23
- Apply by: 2026-12-07
- Apply: https://epicgames.com/careers/jobs/6122977004?gh_jid=6122977004&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/epic-games-principal-engineer-ai-platform-2/

## About the role

As Technical Lead / Principal Engineer on the Al Engineering team, you'll provide technical leadership and strategic vision for the Al-powered platforms, tools and services that accelerate development velocity and productivity across Epic. You'll guide a team of engineers in building high-impact products like unified Al code review systems, Cloud agent hosting, centralized Al knowledge base and developer experience tools that serve thousands of folks across the company. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience with 10+ years building production software systems
- Track record of providing technical leadership for complex software projects from conception to delivery at scale
- Proven experience in "zero-to-one" platform ownership: leading the technical design, architectural strategy, and initial build-out of new platforms before they are fully staffed and scaled
- Expert-level experience with REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience operating and orchestrating scalable services on Kubernetes, including managing container lifecycle and security configurations
- Experience with and high level of interest in using and building AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot)

Tags: Engineering Generalist

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