Senior Programmer - Fortnite Online

Epic Games; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading interactive entertainment company in Montreal is seeking a Senior Programmer to enhance online features for Fortnite, including Battle Royale and LEGO modes. The role requires excellent C++ knowledge and experience with AAA games on consoles or mobile. You will work on cross-platform systems while collaborating with teams to ensure the functionality of tools and APIs. The position offers competitive benefits that include comprehensive medical coverage and mental well-being programs, making for an epic life at work.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

Mental well-being programs

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• Self-starter approach to challenges, seeing them through to resolution.
• Experience with shipping AAA games on consoles or mobile.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to both programmers and non-programmers.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new client APIs for online features for Fortnite.
• Ensure efficient operation and resilience of online services.
• Support the Unreal Engine developer community.

Skills

Excellent C++ knowledge and debugging skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to code and design system frameworks

Experience utilizing online services in games

User-focused and innovative

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

We’re looking for a passionate Senior Programmer on the Fortnite Online team, who can implement functionality across a variety of online features that power Fortnite game modes such as Battle Royale, LEGO, Rocket Racing, and Disney experiences. You will also build the tools and APIs for creators using the Unreal Engine Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). You will help improve the Unreal Engine by building new tools and APIs that will be utilized by AAA game developers to add online features to their games. These systems are cross-platform, and you will be working with various hardware platforms, from desktop to all the consoles (Playstation / Xbox / Nintendo) to mobile. Help us build the future metaverse design as we work towards releasing UE6. Your primary focus will be on the client and the dedicated server code, but you will partner closely with backend service teams as well as game teams, ensuring that the underlying systems that are built are full featured, resilient, and secure.

In this role, you will

• Design and build new client APIs for online features that power various Fortnite experiences
• Utilize online services effectively in Fortnite across all platforms and that all certification requirements are met
• Ensure Fortnite is operating well for players and that online services usage is resilient at scale. Assist in diagnosing and resolving Live issues.
• Design and build new tools and APIs in the Unreal Engine that make it easier for all developers to implement online features
• Write documentation to explain technical requirements and designs
• Support the Unreal Engine developer community

What we’re looking for

• Excellent C++ knowledge and debugging skills
• Self‑starter, you approach challenges creatively and methodically, seeing them through to final resolution
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines and teams. You should be able to explain trade‑offs with both programmers as well as non‑programmers
• Ability to code and design system frameworks, new APIs, and tools. Versed in software programming principles
• Experience utilizing online services in games or game engine technologies
• Experience with shipping AAA games on consoles (Xbox, Nintendo, Playstation) or mobile (Android, iOS)
• User‑focused, passionate, solutions‑focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do

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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