Lead Engine Programmer, Fortnite Tech

Job Description

PROGRAMMING - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of programming experts. We're always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

As part of the performance and memory optimization team, you will innovate and push the limits to deliver the best experience possible for our players. You will problem-solve performance, memory and stability issues and guide developers in creating new industry-leading features. Most importantly, you'll work with a creative, energetic, and fun team to continue making Fortnite one of the most popular and engaging gaming experiences in the world!

In this role, you will
• Lead a team of 4-6 programmers solving CPU performance and memory bottlenecks
• Drive improvements to tools and analytics to allow content creators to self-service their performance needs
• Build up your team through coaching, unblocking obstacles, code review, and sharing a positive, learning mindset
• Work closely with production and technical leadership to balance shipping new features with long term sustainability
• Build relationships with adjacent teams including art, gameplay, platform tech, and automation
• Establish workflows to validate performance improvements and prevent regressions across different game and engine subsystems and platforms

What we're looking for
• A proven track record of driving technical leadership of high performing programming teams
• Excellent C++ skills and software programming principles
• Experience profiling and optimizing in one or more areas of game development
• Experience implementing and debugging large, robust systems on game or game engine technology
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work across teams to understand technical and non-technical needs from diverse stakeholders
• A desire and willingness to jump into the weeds and do programming work as needed to deliver strategic outcomes
• Unreal Engine and console development experience preferred but not required

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r04wnj-18-188-29-250-42 in your application.