Senior Language Programmer at Epic Games UK ltd
Epic Games UK ltd · London,England,United Kingdom
- Occupation group: Software & IT
- Licensed sponsor: Epic Games UK Ltd
Employer on register 23 October 2026
From the advert
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, we’re always innovating.
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.
PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE
What We Do
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.
What You'll Do
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.
In this role, you will
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
What we're looking for
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…
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Summary
Senior Language Programmer at Epic Games UK ltd in London. Epic Games UK Ltd is listed on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (23 October 2026). Read the full job advert and apply on the employer's or job board's site. A sponsor licence means the employer is on the Home Office register. It does not mean this role is sponsored. Check with the employer. This is not immigration advice.
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