Senior Language Programmer

HellaGoodAudio; United States; On-site; USD 194,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games, a leader in interactive entertainment and Unreal Engine technology, seeks a Senior Language Programmer for the Verse team. You will work on the Verse compiler toolchain, VM, and runtime, enabling developers to build and ship games with Verse across Unreal Engine and UEFN.

You will optimize performance, collaborate with language consumers, and help shape the scripting interface while coordinating with the UE organization. Strong C++17+ and toolchain experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of C++17 or later.
• Experience in compiler or toolchain development (e.g., compiler internals, VM design, Clang/LLVM, or linker/platform ABI specifics).
• Experience developing and optimizing large codebases, with the ability to make tradeoffs between usability, performance, and power.
• Strong ability to reason about large, interconnected systems.
• Solid grounding in software programming principles, including API design.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously and deliver practical solutions.
• Experience with Unreal Engine integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Extend, evolve, and maintain the Verse compiler toolchain, transactional memory runtime and VM, add new platform support, implement new language features and integrate with Unreal Engine's content, build, and cooking pipelines
• Optimize performance, memory usage, and iteration times across the Verse toolchain, runtime and UE/Verse boundary
• Work closely with language consumers to ensure an exceptional user experience
• Establish test workflows to validate improvements and prevent regressions
• Design and maintain the scripting interface to Unreal Engine, working in close collaboration with the Verse Language team and the broader UE organization

Skills

C++17+

Compiler/toolchain

Large codebases

Systems thinking

API design

Communication & collaboration

Unreal Engine integration

Tools

Clang/LLVM

Unreal Engine

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.

PROGRAMMING - 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 programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is seeking an experienced Senior Language Programmer to join our Verse team, which owns the toolchain (compiler, VM, and runtime) that powers game development in Unreal Engine and UEFN. You'll work on the systems every UE and UEFN developer relies on to build and ship games with Verse.

In this role, you will

• Extend, evolve, and maintain the Verse compiler toolchain, transactional memory runtime and VM, add new platform support, implement new language features and integrate with Unreal Engine's content, build, and cooking pipelines
• Optimize performance, memory usage, and iteration times across the Verse toolchain, runtime and UE/Verse boundary
• Work closely with language consumers to ensure an exceptional user experience
• Establish test workflows to validate improvements and prevent regressions
• Design and maintain the scripting interface to Unreal Engine, working in close collaboration with the Verse Language team and the broader UE organization

What we're looking for

• Expert knowledge of C++17 or later
• Experience in compiler or toolchain development (e.g., compiler internals, VM design, Clang/LLVM, or linker/platform ABI specifics)
• Experience developing and optimizing large codebases, with the ability to make tradeoffs between usability, performance, and power
• Strong ability to reason about large, interconnected systems
• Solid grounding in software programming principles, including API design
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously and deliver practical solutions
• Experience with Unreal Engine integration is a plus

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range

$193,888 — $284,369 USD

California Base Pay Range

$213,277 — $312,806 USD

Washington Base Pay Range

$193,888 — $284,369 USD

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!

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