Senior Tools Programmer - Interoperability

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Tools Programmer, where you'll innovate and enhance the Unreal Engine's import/export frameworks. Collaborate with diverse teams to solve complex challenges in 3D software interoperability and improve user experiences. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact millions of users worldwide while working in a creative and inclusive environment. With a commitment to employee well-being and a culture of innovation, this is your chance to be part of something truly Epic!

Benefits

100% Benefits Coverage for Employees and Dependents

Supplemental Medical Coverage

Dental and Vision Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match

Free Therapy and Coaching

Mental Well-being Program

Qualifications

• Strong experience in developing importing and exporting 3D data tools.
• Excellent C++ skills and experience in a large codebase.

Responsibilities

• Develop import and export frameworks for Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate with teams to gather requirements and design solutions.

Skills

C++

3D Data Tools Development

Interoperability Challenges

User Experience Improvement

Collaboration

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Perforce

Job description

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

We're looking for a Senior Tools Programmer to work on the development of our import and export frameworks for the Unreal Engine. From import and export workflows to real-time interop support in Unreal scenes, we have a wide problem space for you to jump into and make an impact for millions of users.

In this role, you will

• Work with product managers, tech artists, UX designers, and other experts to gather requirements, in order to build a roadmap to drive the developments around import and export in Unreal.
• Coach and mentor peers and coordinate with the lead of the team to execute the vision.
• Collaborate with all disciplines (i.e. product managers, programmers, artists, and designers) to identify areas for improvements, gather feedback, and design solutions for customer needs around import in Unreal Editor.
• Analyze and fix common problems in a game engine such as performance issues and memory usage.
• Work with Unreal Engine’s licensees to enable them to overcome their challenges importing data into the Unreal Editor.

What we're looking for

• A great understanding of challenges around interoperability between 3D software applications.
• Ability to get buy-in and rally people around a common goal.
• Strong experience in developing importing and exporting 3D data tools in 3D software applications.
• Experience writing tools that improve the customer’s user experience, iteration, and development time in game development or other fields.
• Excellent C++ skills and experience developing in a large codebase.
• Experience with software development tools, i.e. JIRA, Trello, Perforce.
• Someone who is collaborative, user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative.

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!

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.