Senior Tools Programmer - Unreal Editor: AI & Geometry

Epic Games; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k with match

Well-being program

Unlimited PTO

Sabbatical

Job summary

Epic Games seeks a Senior Tools Programmer to evolve artist tools within the Unreal Editor, focusing on geometry and texturing processing, terrain authoring, and procedural generation. You will support both user-driven and agentic workflows, exploring new interaction paradigms to accelerate content creation and directly impact artist productivity in one of the leading game engines used worldwide.

You’ll collaborate with artists and developers across teams, refactor tools for accessibility, and

Qualifications

• Excellent C++ skills.
• Strong background developing artist tools within the games or film industry.
• Experience with geometry processing, texture processing, or procedural generation.
• Fluency in using current agentic tools and workflows for programming tasks.
• Track record of exploring and applying AI capabilities to advance artist workflows.
• Experience developing in a large codebase.
• Ability to work independently and deliver effectively as part of a distributed team.
• Experience working collaboratively to deliver high-quality outcomes across teams.

Responsibilities

• Support and extend existing artist tools for internal and external users.
• Refactor existing tools to be more accessible and effective for agentic workflows.
• Create new tools at the intersection of user-driven and agent-driven content creation.
• Collaborate with artists on internal projects and productions.
• Work with other developers across team boundaries on shared initiatives.
• Contribute to major initiatives that shape the future of the Unreal Editor.

Skills

C++

Artist tools

Geometry processing

Texture processing

Procedural generation

AI in workflows

Large codebase

Independent contributor

Distributed teamwork

Tools

Unreal Editor

Unreal Engine

Job description

Epic Games seeks a Senior Tools Programmer to evolve artist tools within the Unreal Editor, focusing on geometry and texturing processing, terrain authoring, and procedural generation. You will support both user-driven and agentic workflows, exploring new interaction paradigms to accelerate content creation and directly impact artist productivity in one of the leading game engines used worldwide.

You’ll collaborate with artists and developers across teams, refactor tools for accessibility, and