Senior Engine Programmer - Live Content & Systems

Socket.dev; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 166,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Epic Games in British Columbia is seeking a seasoned C++ engineer to design and implement low-level engine systems for Unreal Engine, delivering content at scale across PC, console, mobile, and VR.

You will redesign the engine to support on-demand content delivery, own complex features in a live product, and drive performance and reliability through collaboration with engine and gameplay teams. Experience with multiple languages and strong communication are valued.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ skills for low-level engine systems.
• Experience designing APIs with backward compatibility.
• Ability to apply design patterns in live environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and cross-team collaboration.
• Experience across multiple languages; strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement low-level engine systems across platforms.
• Redesign Unreal Engine to support on-demand content delivery.
• Own design, development, and delivery of complex features in a live product.
• Bring together engine subsystems to achieve maintainable solutions.
• Design stable APIs exposing engine capabilities to gameplay layers.
• Collaborate across core engine and gameplay teams to meet evolving needs.
• Drive technical excellence across debugging, maintenance, and optimization.

Skills

C++

APIs

Code design

Problem solving

Cross-team collaboration

Multi-language

Communication

Performance optimization

AI tools

Job description

Epic Games in British Columbia is seeking a seasoned C++ engineer to design and implement low-level engine systems for Unreal Engine, delivering content at scale across PC, console, mobile, and VR.

You will redesign the engine to support on-demand content delivery, own complex features in a live product, and drive performance and reliability through collaboration with engine and gameplay teams. Experience with multiple languages and strong communication are valued.