Senior Tools Programmer, Applied Usability

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • UI/UX Design • Game Programmer

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Senior Tools Programmer to enhance the Unreal Engine editor's usability. Responsibilities include identifying workflow and usability issues, collaborating with UX designers and artists on solutions, implementing new tools and workflows to accelerate content creation, optimizing existing tools, and addressing performance and memory issues. The ideal candidate possesses excellent C++ skills, experience in developing user-experience-enhancing tools, and a passion for improving software user experience holistically. Collaboration across internal teams and with licensees is crucial. The role involves analyzing and fixing engine problems and working to improve the efficiency of game development tools.
Must have:
  • Excellent C++ skills
  • Experience building UX-enhancing tools
  • Passion for improving customer experience
  • Strong communication skills
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • Long-term disability & life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

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 - 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

We're looking for a Senior Tools Programmer to work on the development of the Unreal Engine editor and its tools with a focus on improving usability. You will have the opportunity to work across areas and systems, identifying their workflows pain points, designing solutions and implementing them. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and passionate about UI, UX and usability, excited to work with artists and content creators to optimize their workflows and enable them to do their best work. You should have an endless list of ideas for improving the efficiency of a suite of game development tools, be willing to take risks and think out of the box.

In this role, you will

  • Identify workflow issues, usability issues and tooling gaps in the Unreal Engine editor
  • Work with UX designers and artists to come up with solutions to usability problems
  • Implement new workflows and tools to accelerate content creation
  • Improve and optimize existing tools, working across teams with subject matter experts, to make them state of the art
  • Analyze and fix common problems in a game engine such as performance issues and memory usage
  • Work collaboratively across many of Epics’ internal teams and projects
  • Work with Unreal Engine’s licensees to enable them to overcome their challenges

What we're looking for

  • Excellent C++ skills and experience developing in a large codebase
  • Experience writing tools that improve the customer’s user experience, iteration, and development time in game development or other fields
  • A passion for improving the customer experience in software products, holistically and beyond code. Some examples of your passion may be - participating in UX design, developing automated tests, or adding profiling and analytics to monitor user behaviors
  • Well versed in software programming and design principles
  • Someone who is user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal)

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. 

Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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 .

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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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