Lead Networking Programmer

Job Description

ENGINEERING

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 are looking for a Lead Networking Programmer to lead a team in building the systems that Unreal Engine relies on for multiplayer games. You will guide development as we scale up to support larger, richer environments with more players. Candidates should have experience leading a team of engineers and setting them up for success. A thorough knowledge of modern game engine networking technology is essential, as well as a good sense of trade-offs between performance, memory usage, and ease-of-implementation. Your team's goal is to empower Unreal Engine users, including Fortnite, to make world-class multiplayer experiences using the systems that you create, through close iteration with both our internal game teams and external engine customers.

In this role, you will
• Lead a team of world-class engineers and coordinate development of networking technology for Unreal Engine as it scales up to larger worlds and higher player counts
• Architect and guide system development to help Unreal Engine grow to fit the needs of current and future games and applications
• Mentor and foster the professional development of your team
• Scope and prioritize work in close collaboration with the team, making trade-offs when they're appropriate
• Guide development of Unreal Engine's networking systems to be optimized for latency, bandwidth, CPU usage, and memory across a wide range of platforms, from high-end cloud servers to game consoles to mobile devices
• Work closely with other teams, disciplines, their leads, and production to align feature work to help everyone succeed
• Be a go-to expert resource for supporting networking in internal projects such as Fortnite
• Support external Unreal Engine customers by answering their requests and questions about networking and replication

What we're looking for
• Excellent leadership skills, including mentoring your team, planning technical roadmaps, making trade-offs, and prioritization.
• Well-versed in software engineering principles, especially API design
• Excellent C++ skills, with a familiarity of scripting systems like Blueprint, Lua, Python, etc.
• Experience shipping networked multiplayer games
• Experience in a cross-disciplinary development environment, with excellent cross-discipline communication skills. You should be able to communicate and explain trade-offs with non-engineers!
• Familiarity with an existing game engine with an understanding of game networking concepts
• Experience developing in a large codebase at a fast pace, making trade-offs between usability, performance, and memory
• Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal)
• You're user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do

This position is listed in multiple locations across North America and Europe including:

Cary, North Carolina
Vancouver, British Columbia
Toronto, Ontario
Larkspur, California
London, England

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3xm6q-18-217-203-172-42 in your application.