Senior Engine Programmer, Fortnite Tech

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of game development, where you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing player experiences. As a member of the performance and optimization team, you'll tackle technical challenges, optimize systems, and help create industry-leading features. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on one of the most popular gaming experiences while enjoying a collaborative and innovative work environment. If you're passionate about gaming technology and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

100% Benefits Coverage for Employees and Dependents

Supplemental Medical Coverage

Dental and Vision Insurance

Critical Illness Coverage

Telemedicine Services

Life and AD&D Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match

Mental Well-being Program

Qualifications

• Excellent C++ skills and experience in game development.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Optimize systems for CPU, GPU, and memory to enhance player experience.
• Monitor live client data and solve performance issues.

Skills

C++

Software Programming Principles

Performance Profiling

Game Development

Debugging

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Unreal Engine

Console Development

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

As part of the performance and optimization team, you will innovate and push the limits to deliver the best experience possible for our players. You will problem-solve performance and stability issues and guide developers in creating new industry-leading features.

Most importantly, you’ll work with a creative, energetic, and fun team to continue making Fortnite one of the most popular and engaging gaming experiences in the world!

In this role, you will

• Improve player experience by optimizing systems for CPU, GPU, and memory
• Monitor live client data, problem solving issues and make data analysis improvements along the way
• Deep-dive into technical challenges where you will help to drive the vision and solutions
• Act as a bridge and subject matter expert between game developers and engine technology
• Build tools and workflows to enable developer efficiency and autonomy

What we're looking for

• Excellent C++ skills and software programming principles
• Experience profiling and optimizing in one or more areas of game development
• Experience implementing and debugging large, robust systems on game or game engine technology
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English
• Unreal Engine and console development experience preferred but not required

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.

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.