Senior Engine Programmer, Unreal Cloud Services

Epic Games; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; 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

Flu shots

Health checks

Meals

Mental well-being program

Job summary

Epic Games in London is seeking an experienced software engineer to advance cloud-enabled Unreal Editor features as UE6 evolves. You will contribute across the editor, cloud services, and creator workflows, shaping the developer experience for real-time collaboration.

You'll work with product and UX teams to deliver polished editor experiences, focusing on high-performance, scalable systems, and modern development practices such as AI-assisted programming.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ skills and experience in a large native codebase.
• Experience building user-facing tools and editor features.
• Experience with clients that interact with asynchronous or networked services.
• Strong understanding of parallelism, networking, latency, and failure handling.
• Experience working with Product, UX, and engineering teams to ship features.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or similar tools; Rust is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build Unreal Editor features that bring cloud-based collaboration into creator workflows.
• Implement responsive editor experiences that interact with asynchronous and distributed services.
• Work across editor, networking, storage, revision control, and UX systems for cloud-backed workflows.
• Collaborate with Product and UX to turn ideas into polished editor experiences.
• Partner with backend and infrastructure engineers on editor-cloud features.
• Apply modern development practices, including AI-assisted programming, to improve implementation, debugging, and iteration.

Skills

Strong C++ skills

Large native codebase

User-facing tools

Editor features

Asynchronous / networked services

Parallelism / Networking

UX awareness

Collaboration with Product/UX/Eng

Unreal Engine experience

Rust is a plus

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

Join Unreal Cloud Services, the team behind Lore (Epic's next-generation, open-source version control system built for the future of game development). You'll work at the boundary between editor and cloud, making distributed workflows, collaboration, and version control feel like a natural part of the creator experience. As Unreal evolves toward UE6, you'll help bring these capabilities together into a cohesive editor experience.

In this role, you will

• Build Unreal Editor features that bring cloud-based collaboration into everyday creator workflows
• Implement responsive editor experiences that interact with asynchronous and distributed servi
• Work across editor, networking, storage, revision control, and UX systems to make cloud-backed workflows feel natural to Unreal Engi
• Partner with Product and UX teams to turn product ideas into clear, practical, and polished editor experiences
• Collaborate with backend and infrastructure engineers on features that span the editor and cloud services
• Use modern development practices, including AI-assisted programming, to improve implementation, debugging, and iteration

What we're looking for

• Strong C++ skills and experience working in a large native codebase
• Experience building user-facing tools, editor features, and complex interactive workflows
• Experience building clients that interact with asynchronous or networked services
• Strong understanding of parallelism, networking, latency, and failure handling
• Strong eye for user experience and how technical behavior affects creator workflows
• Experience working closely with Product, UX, and engineering teams to ship features
• Experience with Unreal Engine, another game engine, or comparable tools development
• Experience with Rust is a plus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents).

• pension
• private medical insurance
• health care cash plan
• dental insurance
• disability and life insurance
• critical illness
• cycle to work scheme
• flu shots
• health checks
• meals
• 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 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!

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.

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