Lead Engine Programmer New

Epic Games, Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced individual to lead an engineering team focused on cloud engine technology for UEFN. This role includes managing the operational pipeline and collaborating with game development teams. The ideal candidate has strong C++ skills, proven leadership experience, and a passion for innovative gaming solutions. Join a forward-thinking team that strives to enhance the user experience and push the boundaries of game technology.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams.
• Strong C++ programming skills.
• Ability to work with large datasets efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team maintaining the cloud engine technology.
• Manage the UEFN cloud engine pipeline operationally.
• Collaborate with game teams to gather requirements.

Skills

C++ engineering skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Familiarity with profiling tools

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team that maintains, optimises and enhances the cloud engine technology behind UEFN
• Be a vision holder for our medium and long term UEFN pipeline development strategy
• Be responsible for live operational management of the UEFN cloud engine pipeline
• Work closely with game teams to gather and satisfy stakeholder's requirements
• Actively contribute to the codebase, troubleshoot issues, ensure their timely resolution
• Plan, schedule and prioritise work with and for your team, identify risks and determine mitigations
• Proven experience leading an engineering team
• Experienced C++ engineering skills
• Working experience and familiarity of modern profiling tools
• Demonstrates a passion for improving developer workflows and user experience
• Experience of working with large datasets and processing information efficiently
• Proven ability to communicate progress, present plans and deliver documents to stakeholders
• A good team player, collaborator and mentor to our engineering team
• Can drive forward long term development goals whilst delivering on short term wins holding a team accountable for their output
• Ability to work cross organisation, network, build relationships and coordinate with other teams

About 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. Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real‑time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You’ll Do (Role Overview)

As part of the Unreal Engine team, you'll be leading a group responsible for the entire technology stack behind Unreal Editor for Fortnite, empowering creators to build bigger and better experiences while pushing the boundaries of the state of the art in dynamic content authoring and delivery. In addition to evolving our tools for user‑created content, you'll also be involved in extending this technology to service the needs of our first‑party titles like Battle Royale, Lego Fortnite, and Rocket Racing. Our work will reshape how all of these products are built and evolve Fortnite into a true open metaverse platform that will form the basis of the Unreal Engine itself. Most importantly, you'll work with a creative, energetic, and fun team to continue making Fortnite one of the world's most popular and engaging gaming experiences!

Company Information

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!

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity

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.