Senior Engine Programmer, Content Distribution

Epicgames; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan

Dental insurance

Disability and life insurance

Critical illness

Cycle to work scheme

Meals

Job summary

Epic Games in London is seeking a skilled engineer to advance Unreal Engine features and live game delivery. You will architect low-level systems, re-architect engine components for on-demand content, and own major feature development across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes robust design, cross-platform performance, and collaboration with gameplay and engine teams to push the envelope of real-time content delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ skills for low-level engine systems and tooling.
• Experience creating and maintaining APIs with backward compatibility.
• Ability to apply code design patterns in live environments to reduce maintenance.
• Strong problem-solving skills to find solutions beyond established approaches.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and collaborate to define deliverables.
• Experience with multiple programming languages and leveraging their strengths.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience writing performant code for multiple hardware platforms, including consoles.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement low-level engine systems across platforms, focusing on robustness and performance.
• Re-architect Unreal Engine to support on-demand content delivery at a granular level.
• Own design, development, and delivery of complex features in a live game product.
• Integrate multiple engine subsystems for maintainable solutions.
• Design stable APIs exposing engine capabilities to gameplay layers both internally and externally.
• Collaborate with core engine and gameplay teams to meet evolving needs.
• Drive technical excellence across platforms including debugging, maintenance, and optimization.

Skills

C++

APIs

Design patterns

Problem solving

Collaboration

Multi-language programming

Communication

Cross-platform performance

AI-assisted development tools

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.

ENGINEERING - UNREAL ENGINE

What We Do

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

The Content Delivery team builds the critical technologies that deliver high-quality content on demand to live Fortnite players. You'll develop core features for the next generation of Unreal Engine, working across game teams and Epic projects to shape how dynamic content is delivered at scale.

In this role, you will

• Architect and implement low-level engine systems across multiple platforms, including networking, I/O access interfaces, analytics, and the language toolchain, with a focus on robustness, performance, and usability
• Re-architect Unreal Engine to support the long-term vision of delivering content on demand at a more granular level
• Own the design, development, and delivery of complex new features in a live game product
• Bring together multiple engine subsystems to achieve maintainable functional solutions
• Design stable, forward-thinking APIs that expose engine capabilities to gameplay layers, for both internal and external developers
• Collaborate across core engine and gameplay teams to build solutions that meet diverse and evolving needs
• Drive technical excellence across platforms, including debugging, maintenance, system reliability, and optimization

What we're looking for

• Strong C++ skills with the ability to architect low-level game systems and associated tooling
• Experience creating and maintaining APIs with strong backward compatibility requirements
• Demonstrated ability to apply code design patterns in live environments to reduce maintenance and improve stability
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to find solutions beyond established approaches
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and collaborate with teams to define deliverables
• Experience with multiple programming languages and a track record of leveraging their strengths effectively
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience writing performant code across multiple hardware platforms, including game consoles
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows 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.

ABOUT US

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 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 prov