Intern - Tools Programmer

Job Description

PROGRAMMING - 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 programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
TOOLS PROGRAMMER INTERN
What You'll Do
We're looking for a 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 self-motivated 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.
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
What we're looking for
• Excellent C++ skills
• Experience writing tools that improve the customer's 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
• Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal)
• Someone who is user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative
This internship has a flexible start date in 2026. 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.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-128k10-216-73-216-0-42 in your application.