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Senior Language Engineer

Epic Games
Bellevue, USAfull_timePosted 1 Jun 2026

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><h2>WHAT MAKES US EPIC?</h2> <p>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, we’re always innovating.</p> <p>Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.</p></div><h2>PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE</h2> <h3><strong>What We Do</strong></h3> <p>Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.</p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <p>As a Senior Language Programmer at Epic Games, you will be at the center of our mission to enable the next generation of game developers. We are seeking someone with a passion for programming languages and their implementation. In this role, you will work on implementing the Verse programming language and integrating it with the Unreal Engine, a new programming language developed by Epic specifically for coding game experiences at the metaverse scale.</p> <h3><strong>In this role, you will</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Build out and maintain the language compiler and tool chain</li> <li><span>Work closely with language consumers to ensure an exceptional user experience </span></li> <li><span>Design and maintain the scripting interface to the Unreal Engine </span></li> <li><span>Fix bugs and maintain the language code base </span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>What we're looking for</strong></h3> <ul> <li><span>Fix bugs and maintain the language code base </span></li> <li><span>Proficiency in C++ </span></li> <li><span>Well-versed in software programming principles, especially API design </span></li> <li><span>Experience developing in a large codebase at a fast pace, making tradeoffs between usability, performance, and power </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including CA, NYC, & WA). </strong></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pay Transparency Information</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay ran

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