Lead Engine Programmer, Core Systems (Unreal Engine)

TL;DR

Lead Engine Programmer (Unreal Engine): Develop low-level tools and enhance the performance of systems used by UE and UEFN users to build games, and improve pipelines for shipping Unreal Engine and games like Fortnite with an accent on practical problem-solving and improving developer workflow. Focus on optimizing iteration times, resolving performance issues in a large codebase, and supporting external customers with technical requests.

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global makes award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life.

What you will do

• Optimize iteration times and improve existing systems for performance, memory usage, and user experience.
• Develop custom tools and pipelines for other programmers and content creators.
• Work with a large, complex code base to understand and resolve performance issues.
• Establish test workflows to validate performance improvements and prevent regressions.
• Support external customers by answering their technical requests and questions.

Requirements

• Excellent C++ knowledge.
• Comfortable writing multithreaded code and reasoning about dependency graphs and content pipeline for large games.
• Experience in profiling and optimizing a large codebase.
• Demonstrated ability to reason about large, interacting systems from the macro-level to the micro-level.
• Someone passionate, solution-oriented, proactive, and autonomous.

Nice to have

• Good knowledge of the reflection system and serialization versioning is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% paid benefits including pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, and critical illness.
• Cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals.
• Mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.