Senior Tools Programmer Applied Usability
Senior Tools Programmer Applied Usability
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Job Description
WHAT MAKES US EPIC
At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building awardwinning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
PROGRAMMING UNREAL ENGINE
What We Do
Unrealpowered projects have been on the bleeding edge of realtime 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 Youll Do
Were 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 selfmotivated 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 Engines licensees to enable them to overcome their challenges
What were looking for
- Excellent C skills and experience developing in a large codebase
- Experience writing tools that improve the customers 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 userfocused passionate solutionsfocused 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
We pay 100 for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical dental vision critical illness telemedicine Life and AD&D long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program) we also offer a robust mental wellbeing program through Modern Health which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making awardwinning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics awardwinning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build highfidelity 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 worldclass 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.
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 here.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
