Senior Engine Programmer, Verse Framework

Epic Games • Vancouver, BC

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About The Position

The Verse Framework Integration team is bringing the next major iteration of Unreal Engine to life, enabling creators to build the next generation of interactive experiences. You'll play a central role connecting many aspects of the engine, helping shape how Verse integrates with core engine systems. In this role, you will design and implement low-level engine systems across Scene Graph, networking, analytics, and the language toolchain, with a focus on robustness, performance, and usability. You will also design stable, forward-thinking APIs that expose engine capabilities through Verse, for both internal and external developers. You will collaborate across core engine and gameplay teams to build solutions that meet diverse and evolving needs, help shape and unlock the capabilities of Verse within Unreal Engine, and drive technical excellence across platforms, including debugging, optimization, and system reliability.

Requirements

• Strong C++ skills with the ability to design game systems and associated tools
• Experience creating and maintaining APIs with strong backward compatibility requirements
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to find solutions beyond established approaches
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and collaborating with teams to define deliverables
• Experience with multiple programming languages and a track record of leveraging their strengths effectively
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience writing performant code across multiple hardware platforms, including game consoles

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design and implement low-level engine systems across Scene Graph, networking, analytics, and the language toolchain, with a focus on robustness, performance, and usability
• Design stable, forward-thinking APIs that expose engine capabilities through Verse, for both internal and external developers
• Collaborate across core engine and gameplay teams to build solutions that meet diverse and evolving needs
• Help shape and unlock the capabilities of Verse within Unreal Engine
• Drive technical excellence across platforms, including debugging, optimization, and system reliability

Benefits

• Coverage for supplemental medical
• dental
• vision
• critical illness
• telemedicine
• Life and AD&D
• long term disability insurance
• weekly indemnity (short term disability)
• retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match
• EAP (employee assistance program)
• robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed