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Senior Tools Programmer, Uefn

Epic Games

Vancouver, BC 04-30-2024
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
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

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 programming principles
• Prior experience with Perforce is nice to have
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine, UEFN, or Verse is nice to have

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-gqj0m9-3-129-87-138-42 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.