Senior Desktop Platform Programmer, Fortnite Tech

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 182,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Desktop Platform Programmer, where you will enhance the player experience in a leading game. This role focuses on optimizing performance and stability for Fortnite on PC, working alongside a talented team of programmers. You will tackle complex technical challenges, ensuring that critical features are performant and reliable for users. With a commitment to innovation and collaboration, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in the gaming industry while enjoying comprehensive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Employee assistance program

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• Expertise in C++ and multi-threaded programming is essential.
• Experience in profiling and optimizing large codebases is required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve performance issues for Fortnite on various PC hardware.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance stability and quality of Fortnite.

Skills

C++

Multi-threaded programming

Performance optimization

Debugging

OS-level systems

Windows APIs

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 - 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

The Fortnite Tech Desktop team is looking for an experienced Desktop Platform Programmer to further the player experience in Fortnite on the PC platform. You will work with other programmers and directly contribute to building and improving our Desktop platform support to an industry-leading state. This role covers a wide range of specialties, focusing on stability and performance programming and ensuring critical features are available and performant for the Fortnite user base.

In this role, you will

• Analyze and resolve stability and performance problems of Fortnite on a wide range of PC hardware configurations; this includes identifying solutions in such areas as:
• Solving device-specific CPU and GPU performance and compatibility issues
• Rendering performance and device compatibility, including the shader pipeline
• Improving rendering systems and optimizing their stability and performance across various graphics APIs
• Improvements in low-level systems that interface with platform APIs, i.e., memory allocators (physical and virtual), file systems, input systems
• Monitor stability and performance data from Fortnite releases and improve Unreal Engine’s systems and applications in Fortnite-specific use cases
• Collaborate with a variety of other Epic teams within Fortnite and Unreal Engine to help them solve complex technical challenges in ways that move the stability and quality of Fortnite and our internal products forward

What we're looking for

• Strong C++ knowledge and multi-threaded programming techniques; ability to code and architect various core engine systems
• Experience profiling and optimizing a large codebase
• Demonstrated ability to reason about and debug large, interacting systems from the macro-level to the micro-level
• Ability to diagnose, debug, and address complex problems coming from a live-service title and experience handling stability issues
• Experience with OS-level systems, Windows APIs, and common frameworks is a plus

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

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.

British Columbia Base Pay Range $182,815 — $268,128 CAD

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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