Senior Desktop Engineer, Fortnite Tech

Epic Games; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Desktop Platform Engineer to enhance the player experience in Fortnite on PC. This exciting role involves analyzing performance issues, collaborating with hardware vendors, and optimizing platform code to ensure a seamless gaming experience. You'll work closely with talented engineers and contribute to the development of cutting-edge technologies that power Unreal Engine. If you have a passion for gaming and a strong background in C++, this is your chance to make a significant impact in the gaming world while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package that supports your well-being.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Health Care Cash Plan

Pension Plan

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Therapy and Coaching

Flu Shots

Health Checks

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of C++ and experience with multi-threaded programming.
• Real-time rendering experience and familiarity with graphics APIs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve performance issues in Fortnite across various PC hardware.
• Collaborate with GPU vendors to improve graphics drivers for Fortnite.

Skills

C++ Programming

Multi-threaded Programming

Real-time Rendering

Graphics API (DirectX 12 preferred)

Performance Profiling

Debugging Large Systems

Tools

Windows APIs

SDKs

Job description

ENGINEERING - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

The Fortnite Desktop team is looking for an experienced Desktop Platform Engineer to improve the player experience in Fortnite on the PC platform. You will work with other engineers and directly contribute to building and improving our Desktop platform support to an industry-leading state. This role covers various specialties, including partnering with hardware and GPU vendors to work on optimized platform code and ensuring critical features are available and performant for the Fortnite user base. You will also work closely with other teams at Epic, such as the Rendering Architecture and Performance teams, and impact Unreal Engine development.

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
• Improve platform toolchains, i.e. compiler/linker support, SDK upgrades, platform-specific data management tools, debugger integration, crash reporting, etc.
• 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
• Work with GPU vendors and other partners to resolve technical issues and collaborate on improving underlying technologies, such as graphics drivers for Fortnite and Unreal Engine
• Assess performance data across various hardware and make improvements to Unreal Engine’s rendering systems and their applications in Fortnite-specific use cases
• Collaborate with a variety of other Epic teams, such as Unreal Engine’s Rendering Architecture team, 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
• Real-time rendering experience in the games industry or for the computer graphics industry: knowledge of at least one graphics API (DirectX 12 preferred) and a general understanding of modern graphics API architecture
• 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
• Experience with OS-level systems, Windows APIs and common frameworks is a plus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.