Senior Language Programmer

Epic Games•Cary, NC

About The Position

Epic Games is seeking an experienced Senior Language Programmer to join our Verse team, which owns the toolchain (compiler, VM, and runtime) that powers game development in Unreal Engine and UEFN. You'll work on the systems every UE and UEFN developer relies on to build and ship games with Verse.

Requirements

Expert knowledge of C++17 or later
Experience in compiler or toolchain development (e.g., compiler internals, VM design, Clang/LLVM, or linker/platform ABI specifics)
Experience developing and optimizing large codebases, with the ability to make tradeoffs between usability, performance, and power
Strong ability to reason about large, interconnected systems
Solid grounding in software engineering principles, including API design
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously and deliver practical solutions

Nice To Haves

Experience with Unreal Engine integration is a plus

Responsibilities

Extend, evolve, and maintain the Verse compiler toolchain, transactional memory runtime and VM, add new platform support, implement new language features and integrate with Unreal Engine's content, build, and cooking pipelines
Optimize performance, memory usage, and iteration times across the Verse toolchain, runtime and UE/Verse boundary
Work closely with language consumers to ensure an exceptional user experience
Establish test workflows to validate improvements and prevent regressions
Design and maintain the scripting interface to Unreal Engine, working in close collaboration with the Verse Language team and the broader UE engineering organization

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision HRA
Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401k with competitive match
Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents)
Company events
Company-wide paid breaks
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Paid sabbatical for 7 years of employment