Senior Language Programmer
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 4 November 2026.
About the role
Epic Games's standard text
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 and optimizing large codebases, with the ability to make tradeoffs between usability, performance, and power
- Strong ability to reason about large, interconnected systems
- Solid grounding in software engineering principles, including API design
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously and deliver practical solutions
- Experience with Unreal Engine integration is a plus
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
ABOUT US
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design.
Epic Games's standard text
As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
What this role asks for
In most of Epic Games's ads
Unreal Engine
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
79% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Epic Games's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Epic Games's other open jobs.
The team: Engineering Specialist HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 47 open in Engineering Specialist. 8 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in October: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Unreal Engine (47 of 47), C++ (33 of 47), Python (14 of 47), Machine Learning (11 of 47), PyTorch (10 of 47), Agile (8 of 47), Deep Learning (8 of 47)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Language Programmer posted Nov 4
- Senior Language Programmer posted Nov 4
- Senior Language Programmer posted Nov 4
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Discovery Recommendations posted Oct 21
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Discovery Recommendations posted Oct 21
- Senior Machine Learning Programmer posted Oct 12
- Senior Machine Learning Programmer posted Oct 9
- Senior Language Programmer posted Sep 28
- Senior Language Programmer posted Sep 28
- Senior Language Programmer posted Sep 28
- Senior Language Programmer posted Sep 28
- Principal Research Programmer, Epic Developer Assistant posted Sep 28
- Principal Research Programmer, Epic Developer Assistant posted Sep 25
- Principal Research Engineer, Epic Developer Assistant posted Sep 25
- Principal Research Engineer, Epic Developer Assistant posted Sep 25
- Senior Rendering Programmer posted Sep 25
- Senior Rendering Programmer posted Sep 25
- Senior Rendering Programmer posted Sep 25
- Senior Graphics Engineer posted Sep 25
- Senior Graphics Engineer posted Sep 25
- Lead Gameplay Programmer posted Sep 24
- Lead Gameplay Programmer posted Sep 23
- Senior Mobile Programmer posted Sep 15
- Senior Mobile Programmer posted Sep 15
- Senior Mobile Programmer posted Sep 15
- Senior Mobile Programmer posted Sep 15
- UI Programmer Intern posted Sep 10
- Frontend Programmer Intern posted Aug 31
- Web Engineer Intern posted Aug 28
- Web Engineer Intern posted Aug 28
- Machine Learning Programmer, Memory posted Aug 12
- Machine Learning Engineer, Memory posted Aug 12
- Machine Learning Programmer, Memory posted Aug 11
- Machine Learning Engineer, Memory posted Aug 11
- Machine Learning Engineer, Memory posted Aug 11
- Machine Learning Intern posted Aug 7
- Machine Learning Intern posted Aug 7
- Machine Learning Intern posted Aug 7
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer posted Jul 16
- Lead Gameplay Programmer posted Jun 12
- Lead UI Programmer posted Jun 11
- Lead UI Programmer posted Jun 11
- Lead UI Engineer posted Jun 11
- Lead Gameplay Programmer posted Jun 10
- UI Programmer posted Jun 8
- Senior UI Programmer posted Oct 13
From the team and dates on Epic Games's own job board.
Other openings for this role
2 open postings for this role in Cary,North Carolina,United States, first posted 22 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 4 November 2026 – open (this posting)
- 22 October 2026 – open
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