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Lead Engine Programmer, Core Systems

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London, Greater London, England
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London, Greater London, England
Senior level
The Lead Engine Programmer will develop tools and optimize systems for Unreal Engine performance. Responsibilities include improving workflows, supporting customers, and validating performance improvements.
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WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

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 - UNREAL ENGINEWhat We Do

Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

Epic Games seeks an experienced Senior Engine Programmer to join our Developer Experience and Efficiency team. In this role, you’ll develop low-level tools and improve the performance of systems that all UE and UEFN users use to build and ship their games, as well as pipelines Epic uses internally to ship the Unreal Engine and games like Fortnite. The ideal candidate will love practical problem-solving and have a passion for improving the day-to-day workflow of other developers.

In this role, you will
  • Optimize iteration times and improve existing systems for performance, memory usage, and user experience
  • Develop custom tools and pipelines for other programmers and content creators
  • Work with a large, complex code base to understand and resolve performance issues
  • Establish test workflows to validate performance improvements and prevent regressions
  • Support external customers by answering their technical requests and questions
What we're looking for
  • Excellent C++ knowledge
  • Comfortable writing multithreaded code and reasoning about dependency graphs and content pipeline for large games
  • Experience in profiling and optimizing a large codebase
  • Demonstrated ability to reason about large, interacting systems from the macro-level to the micro-level
  • Someone passionate, solution-oriented, proactive, and autonomous
  • Good knowledge of the reflection system and serialization versioning is a plus
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 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.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Top Skills

C++

Epic Games London, England Office

1 Stephen St, London, United Kingdom, W1T 1AL

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