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Tools Programmer
4 years ago
Epic Games has multiple teams looking for Tools Programmers passionate about developing a world-class AAA game engine and tools. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and be able to design and implement new engine features and pipeline tools with little to no direction. You should have an endless list of ideas for improving the game development pipeline and adding exciting new features to the engine. You will make a direct impact on the productivity of others by developing user-facing tools for one of the leading game engines used by developers across the world.
The person in this role will be responsible for the following:
- Designing and implementing tools and engine features for Unreal Engine 4
- Designing and implementing user interfaces for the editor
- Bug fixing and maintaining the Unreal Engine 4 codebase
- Analyzing and fixing common problems in a game engine such as load times, memory usage, and performance problems
- Supporting external customers by answering their requests and questions
The ideal candidate will have a mix of the qualifications below:
- Excellent C++ skills
- Experience writing tools that improve the user experience of the consumer of the tool or that add some obvious value to game development or similar field
- Well versed in software engineering principles
- Experience writing UIs with a toolkit such as WPF, QT, Slate (UE4 UI system)
- Familiarity with an existing game engine with an understanding of game engine and editor concepts
- Familiarity with multiple platforms and/or Unreal Engine 4 is a plus
- Experience developing in a large codebase; ideally experience designing and implementing a tool from the ground up
- Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal)
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