Lead 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.

What You'll Do

As a member of our team you will lead highly skilled programmers on an ongoing effort to improve our code generation tool set, champion code standards and quality, and improve code build times. This is an exciting opportunity to make impactful changes that affect thousands of developers across the globe allowing them to develop products more efficiently.

In this role, you will
• Lead a small team, setting goals, planning deliverables, growing people and maintaining a good team health.
• Be accountable for the quality, development practice and delivery of new technology.
• Collaborate with other groups within Epic Games as well as their licensees to identify opportunities for future improvement.
• Be a vision holder who will ''rally the troops'' and champion impactful change.
• Be an active developer that writes new features and supports existing ones.

What we're looking for
• You will be highly proficient in C++ development and have an in-depth knowledge of modern C++ language and all its features.
• You will have a good understanding of how coding structure and features affect both executable performance and build speed.
• You will have previous compiler experience, that is you are familiar with how compilers work, how to optimize and operate them and you will have set up code build systems using multiple toolchains.
• You will have windows development experience, familiarity with other operating systems would be advantageous.
• You will have experience of leading a small team of developers.

This position is listed in multiple locations across the US and Canada.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

Washington Base Pay Range

$111,800 - $183,500 USD

California Base Pay Range

$117,200 - $195,300 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gm3w02-52-14-150-55-42 in your application.