Gameplay Systems Programmer, Fortnite

4 Months ago • All levels • Systems Design • $133,919 PA - $245,519 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Gameplay Systems Programmer for Fortnite's Player Expression team, you'll architect, plan, and implement new game systems, optimize existing ones, and fix bugs. You'll collaborate with art, performance, animation, and automation teams, ensuring technical excellence across platforms. Responsibilities include building robust, maintainable code, advocating for player experience, and supporting a vast library of player cosmetics. The role demands strong C++ skills, system design experience, a passion for games, and excellent communication within a geographically distributed team.
Must have:
  • Strong C++ programming skills
  • Experience designing robust systems
  • Passion for games, focus on visual aspects
  • Initiative, strong work ethic, independent work
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • Unreal Engine development experience

Job Details

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 - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of programming experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

Fortnite's Player Expression team is responsible for equipping our players with an incredible diversity of looks and styles to show off their personality and interests. As a programmer on this team, you'll be pushing the envelope for customization and player choice across the Fortnite ecosystem - from characters to cars to entirely new experiences

In this role, you will

  • Architect, plan, and implement new game systems while optimizing and fixing bugs in existing systems.
  • Be a team player, learning with your peers and improving the process as you go.
  • Build relationships with adjacent teams including art, performance, animation tech, and automation
  • Support technical excellence of a live service game across multiple platforms.
  • Write robust, maintainable code with extensibility in mind.
  • Advocate for the player experience, preserving and enhancing the library of cosmetics players have acquired

What we're looking for

  • Strong C++ programming skills
  • Experience designing and building robust systems
  • A passion for games with a willingness to focus on visual but gameplay-adjacent areas
  • Initiative, strong work ethic, and ability to work independently
  • Excellent communication skills to work within a geographically distributed team and reach across team boundaries
  • Unreal Engine development experience is preferred but not required

This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (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
$167,399$245,519 USD
California Base Pay Range
$147,311$216,057 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$133,919$196,415 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 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 .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

Similar Jobs

Riot Games - QA Engineer III

Riot Games

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
SEGA - Cinematic Artist

SEGA

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Epic Games - Lead Character Artist

Epic Games

(On-Site)
1 Month ago
Hero beat studios - 3D Animator

Hero beat studios

(Remote)
1 Year ago
Epic Games - Senior Designer

Epic Games

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Epic Games - Fortnite Gameplay Systems Programmer

Epic Games

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Epic Games - Senior Gameplay Systems Developer, Developer Relations

Epic Games

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Google - Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, Campus, Embedded Systems and Firmware, 2025 start

Google

Mountain View, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Tencent - Main System Engineer

Tencent

Osaka, Osaka, Japan (On-Site)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

tectic studios - Senior Physics Programmer

tectic studios

(Remote)
1 Month ago
Don't Nod - Game and Level Designer

Don't Nod

Paris, Île-de-France, France (Remote)
2 Months ago
Shark mob - Lead Core Systems Engineer

Shark mob

Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
UNIVRSE - Lead Developer (Unity)

UNIVRSE

Catalonia, Spain (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Scopely - Senior Motion Graphics Designer

Scopely

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
Epic Games - Senior DevOps Programmer

Epic Games

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
3 Months ago
SmileGate - Crossfire 2 VFX Artist

SmileGate

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Epic Games - Senior Technical Artist (World Creation)

Epic Games

(On-Site)
2 Months ago
Virtuos - Software Engineer

Virtuos

Czechia (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Epic Games - Senior Physics Programmer

Epic Games

(On-Site)
4 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in United States

Google - Senior Digital Forensics Incident Response Consultant

Google

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Senior Site Reliability Engineer, ML System - Foundation Model

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Illuminia - Sr. Deep Learning/AI Engineer - Machine Learning

Illuminia

San Diego, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Life church - Donor Relationship Manager

Life church

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Meta - Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Meta

Seattle, Washington, United States (Remote)
6 Months ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist- Foundation Model, Generative AI

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
AppLovin - Backend Infrastructure Engineer II

AppLovin

Palo Alto, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Crunchyroll - Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Data Engineering, Platform

Crunchyroll

San Francisco, California, United States (Remote)
6 Months ago
Netflix - HR Business Partner, Infrastructure Engineering

Netflix

Los Gatos, California, United States (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Nintendo - Manager, Software Engineering

Nintendo

Redmond, Washington, United States (Hybrid)
9 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Systems Design Jobs

Epic Games - Senior AI Designer

Epic Games

(On-Site)
2 Months ago
Epic Games - Senior Mobile Platform Engineer

Epic Games

Cary, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Google - Data Center Engineer, Power Systems Modeling

Google

Reno, Nevada, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Epic Games - Lead Gameplay Programmer

Epic Games

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
12 Months ago
Google - Product Design Engineer, Pixel Camera, Hardware

Google

New Taipei, New Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Microsoft - Software Engineer - Systems

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Senior CPU Design Engineer

NVIDIA

Westford, Massachusetts, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Nintendo - Senior Systems Engineer

Nintendo

Redmond, Washington, United States (Hybrid)
12 Months ago
Epic Games - Designer, Cosmetics Ecosystem

Epic Games

(On-Site)
1 Month ago
Epic Games - Principal Engine Programmer, Verse Framework

Epic Games

Cary, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

Porto Alegre, State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Epic Games

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug