Pete Shima

Commander
DISC Type : D

Director, Fortnite Online at Epic Games

Seattle, Washington, United States

Overview

Pete Shima is an engineering leader with over 15 years of experience building and scaling high-impact infrastructure and reliability organizations at top-tier companies like Epic Games, AWS, and HashiCorp, managing budgets exceeding $100M.

Outside of his formal roles, Pete is a passionate creator who participates in Game Jams, develops his own games as a side project, and maintains a personal blog where he writes about game reliability and the future of engineering careers.

He is known for his exceptional hiring velocity, having grown his teams headcount faster than any other organization at Epic Games.

Personality Overview

Very Quick

Candid & Clear

Risk-Taker

They are not always relationship oriented.  They respond well to strong and respectful communication. They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.

Topics They Care About

Site Reliability
He founded Epic's Reliability organization from the ground up and writes extensively about improving reliability in large online games on his personal blog.
Indie Game Dev
Actively participates in Game Jams and is developing his own blackjack-inspired game, "Glitchjack, " as a personal coding project.
AI & Engineering Careers
He publicly writes and speculates about how the rise of AI agents will transform the career paths and impact of senior engineers.

Media Appearances

Pete has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2023 - 3-2025
Director, Fortnite Online at Epic Games
5-2019 - 9-2023
Engineering Director at Epic Games
9-2016 - 5-2019
Lead Systems Engineer at Epic Games
10-2015 - 8-2016
Site Reliability Engineer at HashiCorp
8-2014 - 10-2015
Manager, Systems (ELB) at Amazon Web Services

Education

Pete has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Pete

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘it’s your decision’, ‘strategic impact’ etc.
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pete is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pete

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pete move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Pete take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Pete

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