Senior Unreal Engine Engineer
1w ago
WorldwideSeniorRemoteC1unreal engine 5c++engine systemspluginsdeveloper toolspipeline automationbuild infrastructuredevops
Senior Unreal Engine Engineer role to support APAC-based game development teams with complex UE5 challenges, building tools and improving infrastructure across multiple projects in a fully remote contract position.
About the company
- Global engineering organization supporting multiple game projects at scale
- Collaboration with international development teams
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support for APAC-based game development teams
- Handle complex Unreal Engine 5 support requests and technical issues
- Participate in on-call rotations and workflow triage
- Diagnose and resolve developer workflow blockers
- Build and maintain Unreal Engine plugins and internal tools
- Develop scalable and maintainable software solutions
- Improve infrastructure used across multiple projects
- Create and maintain technical documentation
- Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders across international teams
- Identify and address systemic issues affecting development workflows
- Improve tooling, processes, and developer productivity
Requirements
- Advanced production experience with Unreal Engine 5
- Strong professional C++ expertise
- Experience developing engine systems, tools, and plugins
- Excellent English communication skills
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience in game development or real-time 3D industries
- Experience working in support-focused engineering environments
- Experience solving cross-team technical challenges
- Strong understanding of scalable software architecture
- Ability to work independently in distributed teams
Nice to have
- Professional proficiency in Mandarin
- Experience developing internal developer tools
- Experience with pipeline automation systems
- Experience with build infrastructure
- Experience creating studio-wide utilities
- Background in graphics systems
- Experience with engine architecture
- Familiarity with DevOps-related workflows
- Experience with developer productivity tooling
- Experience using Unreal Engine outside of games
- Experience in animation, VFX, simulation, or medical visualization
- Experience at large-scale engine or platform organizations
Conditions
- Fully remote contract position
- Opportunity to support multiple game projects at scale
- High-impact role within a global engineering organization
- Collaboration with international development teams
- Ownership of critical Unreal Engine workflows and infrastructure
- Exposure to advanced engine systems and tooling
- Opportunity to influence developer experience and productivity
- Fast-paced and technically challenging environment
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