About the role
Department
Engineering
Location
Montreal, Canada
Company
Epic Games
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, the company is always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by the community and users.
What We Do
Unreal projects lead the pack of real-time entertainment with a constantly growing team of programming experts. The team is always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Gameplay Programmer on a new and growing team, you will play a critical role on a small and focused team. You will be responsible for core Gameplay features and supporting collaborative development between programmers, designers, and artists. You will have opportunities to work on various initiatives, get hands-on with cutting-edge technologies, and work with talented internal and external teams to build impactful experiences from concept to delivery.
- Work closely with design, animators, artists and other Fortnite ecosystem developers to design, implement, and deliver technical gameplay features and systems including player mechanics, player abilities, player progression, vehicle mechanics, game flow systems, world systems, and activities.
- Solve technical challenges and maintain gameplay features and systems that underpin specific game features.
- Write robust, understandable, and maintainable code and systems.
- Diagnose and fix gameplay, memory, performance, networking, and scalability issues.
- Distill feature requests into meaningful, actionable work items.
What We're Looking For
- Exceptional C++ programming skills and the ability to code and design gameplay mechanics and tools.
- Experience working with Gameplay systems such as Gameplay Ability Systems, EQS, Enhanced Input, and Animation.
- Experience developing features for games across multiple platforms.
- Significant experience developing online multiplayer games or other interactive real-time technology applications with a strong online component.
- Interest in social, frontend, and gameplay-adjacent areas of game development.
- Ability to empathize with users and to balance the inherent tradeoffs in developing with great user experiences in mind.
- Keen analytical mind and mature problem-solving skills.
- Strong teamwork and cross-discipline collaboration skills, including the ability to deliver and respond to constructive feedback.
- Unreal Engine development experience is mandatory.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid benefits for employees and dependents.
- Coverage includes supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, and long term disability insurance.
- Weekly indemnity (short term disability).
- Retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, providing free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
About Us
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years, the company has been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content. Unreal Engine technology provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, and is used across industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture.