Senior Tools Programmer — AI-Driven UI Tooling (Unreal)

Epic Games; Point Blank (TX); Remote; USD 173,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Tools Programmer to shape the next generation of UI tooling for Unreal Engine and AI-powered workflows. You will design, implement, and improve tools used to author UI, iterate rapidly, and debug across WYSIWYG editors and in-game UI.

You will own the UI toolchain in a large codebase, set technical direction, and mentor peers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable UI solutions for developers and licensees.

Qualifications

• Strong tools-programming background with experience building tools that improve development workflows in games or related fields.
• Deep expertise in the UI domain (UI frameworks, runtime UI engines, editor/WYSIWYG tooling).
• Excellent C++ skills and experience working in a large codebase.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and integrate AI-powered tools and frameworks for UI authoring, iteration, and debugging.
• Own and evolve the UI tech codebase used to build tools and in-game UI in Unreal Engine.
• Set technical direction for UI tooling and mentor other programmers.
• Collaborate across disciplines to identify improvement areas, gather feedback, and design solutions for developer needs.
• Profile and resolve performance and memory issues in UI systems.
• Work with Epic's internal teams and Unreal Engine licensees to help them solve UI challenges.

Skills

Tools programming

UI tooling

C++

Unreal Engine

AI workflows

English communication

Tools

Slate

UMG

Unreal Editor

Job description

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Tools Programmer to shape the next generation of UI tooling for Unreal Engine and AI-powered workflows. You will design, implement, and improve tools used to author UI, iterate rapidly, and debug across WYSIWYG editors and in-game UI.

You will own the UI toolchain in a large codebase, set technical direction, and mentor peers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable UI solutions for developers and licensees.