Senior Engine Programmer, Unreal Cloud Services
Epic Games
- Location
- Onsite (Cary, North Carolina)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
About the Role
Join Epic Games' Unreal Cloud Services team to build next-generation editor features and cloud-based collaboration tools for Unreal Engine. You will integrate distributed workflows and version control systems directly into the creator experience, working closely with product, UX, and infrastructure teams.
Skills
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision HRA
- Long term disability
- Life insurance
- 401k
- Unlimited PTO
- Sick time
Perks
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid sabbatical
- Mental well-being program
Full 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
Join Unreal Cloud Services, the team behind Lore (Epic's next-generation, open-source version control system built for the future of game development). You'll work at the boundary between editor and cloud, making distributed workflows, collaboration, and version control feel like a natural part of the creator experience. As Unreal evolves toward UE6, you'll help bring these capabilities together into a cohesive editor experience.
In this role, you will
- Build Unreal Editor features that bring cloud-based collaboration into everyday creator workflows
- Implement responsive editor experiences that interact with asynchronous and distributed servi
- Work across editor, networking, storage, revision control, and UX systems to make cloud-backed workflows feel natural to Unreal Engi
- Partner with Product and UX teams to turn product ideas into clear, practical, and polished editor experiences
- Collaborate with backend and infrastructure engineers on features that span the editor and cloud services
- Use modern development practices, including AI-assisted programming, to improve implementation, debugging, and iteration
What we're looking for
- Strong C++ skills and experience working in a large native codebase
- Experience building user-facing tools, editor features, and complex interactive workflows
- Experience building clients that interact with asynchronous or networked services
- Strong understanding of parallelism, networking, latency, and failure handling
- Strong eye for user experience and how technical behavior affects creator workflows
- Experience working closely with Product, UX, and engineering teams to ship features
- Experience with Unreal Engine, another game engine, or comparable tools development
- Experience with Rust is a plus
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 is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 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 here.
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