Summary
Jamal Fanaian is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and securing large-scale backend platforms, currently a Principal Backend Engineer at Epic Games. He led and architected Epic’s Identity and Accounts services—growing his team from 3 to 20, designing verified parental consent and family controls, and supporting massive scale during the Fortnite launch including Nintendo Account integrations. A polyglot developer comfortable in PHP, Go, Java, Python, Node.js and more, he blends hands-on backend systems work (databases, message queues, Linux ops) with product-focused security and partner integrations. Previously he led API and authentication work at Flickr (OAuth, push notifications, contact recommendation), and his bilingual Spanish/English fluency complements a rare mix of operational depth and user-safety focus.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer