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Freelance Unreal Engine 5 Jobs (NOW HIRING)

World Builder

Santa Monica, CA · On-site

$110K - $130K/yr

We are seeking an experienced Level Designer - World Builder for our large-scale open world AAA game in Unreal Engine 5. You will be part of a team who is responsible for bringing this world to life ...

Senior Gameplay Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$108K - $161K/yr

Using C++, Unreal Engine 5, and our in-house utility AI framework, you will make bots that fight, traverse, loot, and team up convincingly enough that players second-guess whether they're facing a ...

Gameplay Engineering Lead

Cary, NC · On-site

$95K - $125K/yr

What You'll Do Part of the Unreal Engine Gameplay department, you will lead a team of experienced programmers aimed at transforming Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN ...

Senior Gameplay Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site +1

$108K - $161K/yr

Using C++, Unreal Engine 5, and our in-house utility AI framework, you will make bots that fight, traverse, loot, and team up convincingly enough that players second-guess whether they're facing a ...

Senior Gameplay Programmer

Austin, TX · On-site

$90K - $130K/yr

You have a strong grasp of Unreal Engine 5 , candidates with mostly Unity experience may not be considered. * You have experience working on a console platform (PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch ...

Imerza is a digital twin and architectural visualization studio built on Unreal Engine 5. This leadership role requires hands-on production, where you will lead a small team of artists across ...

Implement, review, polish and iterate UI assets directly in Unreal Engine 5 (UMG), validating readability, animation and final presentation quality * Proactively identify opportunities to improve ...

OR · On-site

$104K - $142K/yr

RESPONSIBILITIES Develop and maintain automated build software using Unreal Engine 5, primarily using C# Monitor and report on the health and status of build systems Develop and maintain workflows ...

Build elegant materials in Unreal Engine 5 for particle systems and world geometry. * Create memory-efficient texture assets using programs like Adobe Photoshop, Substance Designer, Houdini, or ...

Imerza is a digital twin and architectural visualization studio built on Unreal Engine 5. As Epic Games' official US partner studio for Digital Twins, we work with developers, architects, and ...

Build elegant materials in Unreal Engine 5 for particle systems and world geometry. * Create memory-efficient texture assets using programs like Adobe Photoshop, Substance Designer, Houdini, or ...

Senior Technical Artist

Cary, NC · On-site

$117K - $140K/yr

Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art and material pipeline * Experience developing content for multiple platforms * A solid understanding of modeling and texturing fundamentals within a real-time ...

Imerza is a digital twin and architectural visualization studio built on Unreal Engine 5. As Epic Games' official US partner studio for Digital Twins, we work with developers, architects, and ...

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Lead Unreal 4 programmer - Virtual Reality

Immersive Entertainment

Irvine, CA • On-site, Remote

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Job description

Company Description
We create next-generation Virtual Reality Content that represents a new form of entertainment. We bridge the gap between video games and movies, providing a level of immersion, emotional engagement and realism never before seen.
Job Description
  • Be the in-house expert on the Unreal Engine 4 including blueprints.
  • Implement practical and timely solutions that meet the game design and technical requirements.
  • Implement code /blueprints that is modular self-contained and defensive and observes the technical constraints on the system.
  • Work closely together with the CCO.
  • Ensure coding standards are followed and help to enforce good programming practices within the engineering team.
  • Maintain technical documentation for the engineering team as well as other disciplines.
  • Optimise code and data for memory usage and performance as required.
  • Keep abreast of new advances in virtual reality hardware, rendering technology and algorithms.
  • Sharing knowledge and techniques across the studio
  • Mentoring programmers

Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in game development
  • Expert knowledge of working with UDK, Unreal Engine 3, Unreal Engine 4.
  • Excellent Unreal Engine blueprint skills.
  • Excellent C/C++ programming skills with good knowledge of object oriented development.
  • Expert knowledge of mathematics ability and a familiarity with common 3d graphics principles and rendering algorithms.
  • Expert knowledge Good working knowledge of current GPU architecture and rendering APIs experience with DirectX 11 /12
  • Experience with commonly used development tools such as Visual Studio and Perforce.
  • Solid commercial software development experience with significant involvement in 1 published AAA game in a 3d environment
  • Knowledge of common algorithms data structures and patterns and the ability to apply them to problems while keeping constraints and performance in mind.
  • Able to analyse unfamiliar code of a reasonable complexity to understand and extend the functionality of an existing module.
  • Proven ability to debug defects of a reasonable complexity.
  • Good eye for details
  • English language
  • A strong team player and leader by example

Additional Information
Pluses
  • Shipped AAA PC or console titles as a Senior 3D Programmer
  • Work experience with Unreal Engine 4
  • Understanding the difference between developing for VR compared to traditional game development.
  • A passion for developing and playing virtual reality experiences