Senior Tools Programmer, UEFN
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ENGINEERING - GAMESWhat We Do
Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
UEFN is bringing the power of Unreal Engine and the technology and content of Fortnite to game creators everywhere. Help us empower game creators of all stripes, from first-time UGC dabblers to AAA development teams, to bring their projects to life with UEFN. As a member of the UEFN Editor Team, you’ll help us build and integrate technology from Unreal Engine, our game projects, and new ideas into UEFN to help bring all creators to our platform.
In this role, you will
- Design and implement tools and engine features for UEFN, Fortnite, and Unreal Engine
- Design and implement user interfaces for tools in UEFN and related tools
- Improve the end-to-end UEFN experience with pipeline and automation tools
- Analyze and fix common performance problems in a game engine, such as load times, memory usage, and CPU utilization
- Support and improve game development for Fortnite by working with various game and creative groups to solve issues
- Track down and fix issues in systems and tools
What we're looking for
- Excellent C++ skills, including debugging
- Experience writing UIs with a toolkit such as WPF, QT, Slate (UE UI system)
- Experience writing game development tools or tools for other software development
- Prior experience in a large codebase
- Well-versed in software engineering principles
- Prior experience with Perforce is nice to have
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine, UEFN, or Verse is nice to have
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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