Principal Engine Programmer, Verse Framework

2 Months ago • 7 Years + • Game Engine • Systems Design • $223,199 PA - $327,358 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal Engine Programmer for the Verse Framework at Epic Games, you'll provide technical leadership to a team, architect gameplay systems, and guide Unreal Engine's growth. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional groups, mentoring junior team members, designing APIs supporting gameplay features, and supporting external developers. You'll work on various platforms (desktop, console, mobile), ensuring scalability and security. The role involves close iteration with internal and external teams, impacting design, usability, and deployment while maintaining stellar runtime performance. You will be responsible for collaborating with other programmers from a variety of other teams to design the APIs and gameplay systems that will enable programmers and designers from 1st Party Teams, Licensees, and our Creator Community, who are building their game upon our Unreal Engine Framework technology.
Must have:
  • 7+ years AAA game engine experience
  • 2+ years technical leadership
  • Excellent leadership & mentoring skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Experience with game engines/consoles/mobile
  • Cross-disciplinary communication skills

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.

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

What You'll Do

We’re looking for a passionate Principal Engine Programmer to help empower the Verse Framework team to build the best content and game creation platform. You can expect to contribute across a variety of framework and gameplay features and hardware platforms, from desktop to console to mobile. You will lead cross-functional groups and partner closely with Unreal Engine technical teams as well as game teams, ensuring that the underlying systems we build are scalable and secure. You should have a broad knowledge of modern game engine technology, as well as experience with a variety of gameplay systems. You should also have a strong understanding of API design and maintenance. Additionally, you should have experience leading cross-functional and cross-team initiatives, working closely with developers in all disciplines, not just other programmers. Your team’s goal is to empower Unreal Engine developers, including Fortnite, to make world-class experiences using the systems that you create, through close iteration with both our internal game teams and external engine customers. Your impact can be in all of the areas of the development spectrum, from design, to usability, to deployment in projects while ensuring stellar runtime performance. As a member of the Verse Framework Unreal Engine team, you will help guide the creation of the next generation of Unreal Engine. You will be responsible for collaborating with other programmers from a variety of other teams to design the APIs and gameplay systems that will enable programmers and designers from 1st Party Teams, Licensees, and our Creator Community, who are building their game upon our Unreal Engine Framework technology. Your contributions to the team will help build towards the next generation of amazing gameplay experiences while finding paths to expose those toolsets to our content creator ecosystem using Unreal Editor For Fortnite.

In this role, you will

  • Provide technical leadership to a team of world-class programmers and coordinate development of gameplay systems and creator ecosystem APIs
  • Architect and guide gameplay system development to help Unreal Engine grow to fit the needs of current and future games and applications
  • Research capabilities for gameplay system functionality available on various platforms such as characters, input, networking, physics, audio/visual effects, content creation and more
  • Mentor and foster the professional development of more junior team members, as well as scope and prioritize work in close collaboration with the team, making trade-offs when they’re appropriate, and work closely with other teams, often across different projects, along with their leads and production to align feature work to help everyone succeed
  • Design new APIs that will support gameplay features for both Epic’s games and the Unreal Engine, as well as build tools that make it easier to develop content in Unreal Editor For Fortnite
  • Support external Unreal Engine developers by answering their requests and questions about framework systems, as well as provide samples and documentation that showcase how to best use the framework APIs and tools in the Unreal Engine and Unreal Editor for Fortnite
  • Bug fix and maintain the Unreal Engine code base

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience working with AAA game engines and a variety of game engine systems and technologies
  • 2+ years of experience technical leadership
  • Excellent leadership skills, including mentoring your team, planning technical roadmaps, making trade-offs, and prioritization
  • Focused on engineering excellence and a passion for well designed and architected systems
  • Strong problem-solving, logic, and troubleshooting skills
  • Experience with one or more of the following: game engines, consoles (Xbox, Nintendo, Playstation), or mobile (Android, iOS)
  • Experience in a cross-disciplinary development environment, with excellent cross-discipline communication skills. You should be able to communicate and explain trade-offs with non-programmers

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including 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).

Washington Base Pay Range
$223,199$327,358 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 .

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