XR Programmer

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.

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 an experienced engineer to enhance and maintain the capabilities of Unreal Engine in AR and VR, while creating new features with a focus on bringing the engine to new and existing platforms in that space. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and able to dive into a complex system with passion and quick results.

In this role, you will

• Improve and implement clean interfaces and architectures that fit multiple devices

• Manage a large codebase that touches many platforms

• Develop new features and maintain existing code in C++, HLSL, and other languages

• Follow excellent engineering practices end-to-end, including technical design and architecture, iteration, manual and automated testing, bug fixing, and maintenance

• Work effectively with peers, managers, customers, press and technology partners in high-pressure situations

• Utilize excellent interpersonal and communication skills to iterate on technical issues with other engineers and also non-technical people such as producers, artists and designers

• Answer technical questions from licensees; this may include writing technical documentation and delivering presentations, driving internal design discussions, and teaching content teams how to use code features

What we’re looking for

• Strong C++ knowledge and multi-threaded programming techniques

• Experience with Unreal Engine preferred but not required

• Experience with mobile platforms a plus

• Performance minded development and optimization skills

• Results oriented approaches and thinking

• Must be able to communicate and work well with a team of similarly passionate and skilled individuals

• Strong communication and proficiency working with designers to develop and iterate on features/tools

• Someone who is user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay for 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. We offer coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, AD&D and Life Insurance, 401k.

All Epic employees enjoy drinks, snacks, and lunches every day, free of charge - and we offer plenty of annual celebrations for employees and family members to show the love we have for our people. Additionally, each year, we celebrate the Epic family with company-wide paid breaks, generous paid time off, and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical - we think our people are pretty awesome!

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 .