Senior Tools Programmer

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.

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’ll join the industry-leading Unreal Engine team as a Senior Tools Programmer and help shape the future of procedural generation across the industry! As a Senior Tools Programmer, you will design and develop innovative features at the intersection of procedural generation and machine learning through an iterative development process with Technical Artists and other content creators. Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of world-creation in a large spectrum of use cases.

In this role, you will

• Design and implement procedural world generation tools and workflows in Unreal Engine
• Integrate machine learning to procedural world generation or in workflows related to world creation
• Partner with Technical Artists to build scalable and well thought-out solutions, covering UI, UX and functionality
• Improve, implement and architect tools & software to make them performant, robust and usable

What we're looking for

• Excellent C++ and software programming skills; Familiarity with Python
• Foundational knowledge of machine learning
• Experience in creating/applying machine learning algorithms and deploying them as production-level systems
• Experience working with Technical Artists
• Experience in engine or tools development that add value to game development or a similar field; Familiarity with game engines with an understanding of game engine and editor concepts and game production pipelines
• Familiarity with multiple platforms and/or Unreal Engine is a plus
• Experience developing in a large codebase; ideally experience designing and implementing a tool from the ground up
• Familiarity with other procedural DCC tools is a plus
• Someone who is user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do
• Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal)

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), 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!

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