SDET Manager

Epic Games • Cary, NC

24d

About The Position

Epic Games is seeking an SDET Manager to lead and grow a team of software development engineers in test supporting Unreal Engine. The role combines team leadership and hands-on software engineering: developing automated test coverage, maintaining test frameworks and tools, and integrating them into continuous integration systems. The manager will establish the team’s test roadmap, improve test reliability and coverage visibility, and help shape the wider SDET organization at Epic. The Quality Assurance team owns testing, risk management, and quality evaluation across Epic products and functions, working closely with developers and production to support a high-quality user experience.

Requirements

• Experience leading software engineering teams, including mentorship, technical roadmaps, trade-offs, and prioritization.
• Track record of writing and shipping production code while leading a team.
• Current, hands-on proficiency in C++ and at least one of C#, Python, or TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge of how game engines work.
• Experience with automation frameworks and continuous integration at scale.
• Experience setting test strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels.
• Experience using AI coding tools in engineering work, with judgment about when their output can be trusted.
• Ability to learn complex technology stacks quickly and extend existing investments rather than bypass them.
• Clear written communication with engineers, producers, and leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Unreal Engine 5 experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of SDETs building automated test coverage across Unreal Engine.
• Mentor and coach SDETs at every career stage.
• Write and ship production code in the team’s test frameworks, tools, and CI integrations.
• Own the team’s systems end to end, including design, reliability, and maintenance.
• Set the team’s test roadmap, covering unit and API tests through input-driven end-to-end tests of the editor and runtime.
• Extend existing low-level, integration, and end-to-end test frameworks.
• Convert manual test cases into automated coverage and keep committed tests deterministic and reproducible on any machine.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate tool and framework development, test authoring, failure triage, and flake analysis.
• Increase visibility into test coverage and CI health for engineering leadership.
• Influence the vision for Epic’s wider SDET organization.

Benefits

• Employer-paid premiums for the employee and dependents for medical, dental, vision HRA, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage.
• 401(k) with competitive match.
• Mental well-being program through Modern Health, including free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
• Employee events and company-wide paid breaks.
• Unlimited PTO and sick time.
• Paid sabbatical in recognition of seven years of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed