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Lead Rendering Programmer

Epic Games

Toronto, ON 03-18-2025
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  • Paid
  • Full Time
Job Description
PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE
What We Do
Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
You will lead a team of highly experienced programmers working on core components of Unreal's rendering engine, such as the Render Hardware Interface, Render Graph, streaming system, profiling and debugging systems, etc. You will tie together all the initiatives happening in this space and form a coherent vision for keeping Unreal at the forefront of innovation.
In this role, you will
• Design, build and support state of the art rendering infrastructure used to drive Unreal Engine forward
• Have authority and responsibility for projects that have high organizational impact
• Work directly with partners and licensees to align the engine to practical use cases
• Manage a team of highly skilled, experienced rendering programmers
• Devise development plans
What we're looking for
• Experience in a lead programmer role, with demonstrated ability to manage and lead a team effectively
• People management skills: mentoring and motivating programmers, delivering feedback, conflict resolution, building trust
• Strong C++ skills and the ability to code and architect low-level rendering systems
• Broad knowledge of graphics APIs such as D3D11, D3D12, Vulkan, Metal and console platforms
• Great debugging and profiling skills
• Deep understanding of GPUs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Unreal Engine experience is ideal

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-g6mm08-18-227-89-143-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Epic Games

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.