Principal AI Programmer — Unreal Engine

Epic Games; United States; On-site; USD 192,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games seeks a Principal Al Programmer to integrate LLMs into Unreal Engine. You will design and ship the full stack of systems enabling LLM-driven agents inside the engine, including engine-side C++/Python tooling, cloud services, and a responsive web UI.

The role requires strong C++, Python, engine architecture experience, and a track record with LLM-powered products or solid related theory. Expect collaboration across engine, tools, and backend teams and mentorship for teammates.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and build LLM-driven agents and tools inside Unreal Engine, including engine-side tooling.
• Extend the cloud-hosted agent harness, services, and database mediating between LLMs and the engine.
• Work across engine tooling, cloud backend, and web UI to ship end-to-end features.
• Evaluate emerging LLM capabilities and integrate them into Epic's engine tooling.
• Define technical direction for reliability, safety, and evaluation of LLM-driven automation.
• Mentor engineers on game engine internals and LLM system design.

Job description

Epic Games seeks a Principal Al Programmer to integrate LLMs into Unreal Engine. You will design and ship the full stack of systems enabling LLM-driven agents inside the engine, including engine-side C++/Python tooling, cloud services, and a responsive web UI.

The role requires strong C++, Python, engine architecture experience, and a track record with LLM-powered products or solid related theory. Expect collaboration across engine, tools, and backend teams and mentorship for teammates.