Engine Programmer Intern

Posted:
9/23/2024, 8:03:00 AM

Location(s):
London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Pay:
$45/hr or $93,600 total comp

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.

ENGINE PROGRAMMER INTERN

What You'll Do

We are looking for a programmer with a passion for tools development to work on Unreal’s profiler Insights. This is a great opportunity to shape the profiler used by countless games development studios including Epic’s own Fortnite team. You will be responsible for delivering features aimed at improving the usability and iteration speed of Insights. You will be supported by a team of experienced programmers, joining in on group brainstorms and working together to ensure our users get the best possible profiling experience.

In this role, you will

  • Get up to speed with the Insights profiler and it’s current workflows
  • Work on usability improvements to Insights’ various views including timing event tracks, counters and memory views
  • Iterate on the clarity of the Insights UI and the first time user experience
  • Actively work with the Insights team, joining group brainstorming sessions

What we're looking for

  • Good knowledge and experience programming projects in C++ or another object oriented language is a must have
  • A passion for tools development and improving user workflows
  • An interest in user experience and UI design
  • Great communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team

This internship has a flexible start date in 2025. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic’s Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers. This is going to be Epic!

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!

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