Senior Unreal Engine Developer – Help shape the future of LEGO® Games

<p><b>Job Description</b></p><p>Are you passionate about creating innovative tools for game development? Do you thrive in collaborative environments and love working with innovative technology?</p><p>Join us as a Senior Unreal Developer, where you'll help shape the future of LEGO<b>®</b> GAME by developing and enhancing tools for our Fortnite Island developers. Bring your expertise in Unreal Engine and C++ to create the ultimate gaming experiences!</p><p></p><p><b>Core Responsibilities </b></p><p>We are looking for a tools programmer passionate about broadening the capabilities of our internal teams with tools and gameplay. You will be working as an integral part of the LEGO<b>®</b> GAME group, delivering and maintaining the tools all our Fortnite Island developers need. As this is a relatively new team, you will be an integral part in defining how we enable our teams internally over time. As a member of the Creator Tools team, you will be responsible for architecting gameplay devices, both on UEFN level using Verse and eventually on Unreal level using C++ together with our tech artists. In this role, you will:</p><ul><li>Collaborate with the Creator Tools team and other internal LEGO GAME teams to design and develop new devices and tools for UEFN developers.</li><li>Have a playful approach to tools development enabling creators to create the games of their dreams.</li><li>Improve and enhance our delivery pipeline across LEGO GAME into the UEFN environment.</li><li>Support the LEGO organization with ad hoc issues that are currently being funneled through the Creator Tools team, like the ability to render LEGO bricks in Unreal and making them performant.</li><li>Explore new ways for the Creator Tools team to be enabled.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Play your part in our team succeeding </b></p><p>We are a relatively new team within LEGO<b>®</b> GAME collaborating with EPIC. The team is 4 people big with the potential of growing. We are looking for a senior developer with Unreal and UEFN knowledge who can help us drive all our technical deliveries. We are currently working on UEFN deliveries supporting our internal groups, but we aim to move onto the Unreal tech-stack within the next half year.</p><p></p><p><b>Do you have what it takes? </b></p><ul><li>Strong C++ skills and programming principles knowledge.</li><li>Solid understanding of networked game principles and how they apply to real time creation.</li><li>Motivated by working both with processes and being hands on.</li><li>Solid Unreal engine and Perforce pipeline understanding.</li><li>A user centered approach.</li><li>Experience delivering tools for Unreal Engine.</li></ul><p><b>Nice to haves:</b></p><ul><li>Knowledge about graphics programming and optimization</li><li>Knowledge about platform development.</li><li>Experience developing AA+ or AAA games using Unreal.</li><li>Solid skills in either discrete math and/or algorithms, and/or linear algebra.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p>Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p></p><p><b>What’s in it for you?</b></p><p></p><p>Here is what you can expect:</p><p></p><p><b>Family Care Leave</b> - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.</p><p></p><p><b>Insurances</b> – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.</p><p></p><p><b>Wellbeing</b> - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.</p><p></p><p><b><span>Colleague Discount</span></b><span> – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.</span></p><p></p><p><b>Bonus </b>- We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.</p><p></p><p><b>Workplace</b> - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.</p><p></p><p><span>Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.</span></p><p></p><p>The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to ap