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.
PROGRAMMING - GAMES
What We Do
Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of programming experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
Fortnite’s Player Expression team is focused on giving players and creators an expansive range of tools to express identity, creativity, and style. From character customization to creator-built experiences, we power the systems that let players show who they are and bring their ideas to life. As a Gameplay Systems Programmer on this team, you’ll design and implement core systems that support cosmetics, characters, cars, and other forms of expression within Fortnite and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). You’ll contribute to player-facing features and creator workflows, working across the Fortnite ecosystem to enable the next generation of amazing games. This is a highly collaborative and forward-thinking role where your work will directly impact millions of players and creators.
In this role, you will
Implement, augment, and maintain gameplay features and systems that underpin cosmetics, characters and player expression
Be a team player, building relationships with adjacent teams across gameplay, art, animation, performance, and tooling
Design robust, extensible, scalable and memory-efficient systems that perform well across multiple platforms
Build systems that are intuitive for non-technical creators new to game development, while remaining powerful for experienced developers
Advocate for the player experience, preserving and enhancing the library of cosmetics players have acquired
Collaborate and innovate on big projects to drive the future of the Fortnite ecosystem
Support the ongoing development of a live service game with high-quality code and adaptability
This role is open to multiple locations in North America (excluding CA, NY, & WA).
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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