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Engine Programmer Intern
CompanyEpic Games
LocationLondon
Work ModeOn Site
PostedDecember 18, 2025

Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will work on Unreal’s profiler Insights, focusing on usability improvements and enhancing the user experience. They will collaborate with experienced programmers and participate in brainstorming sessions to deliver features that improve the profiling experience for game development studios.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
11793
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.
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>ENGINEERING - 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 engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.</p>
<h2>ENGINE PROGRAMMER INTERN</h2>
<h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3>
<p>We are looking for a programmer with a passion for tools development to work on Unreal’s profiler Insights. This is a great opportunity to shape the profiler used by countless games development studios including Epic’s own Fortnite team. You will be responsible for delivering features aimed at improving the usability and iteration speed of Insights. You will be supported by a team of experienced programmers, joining in on group brainstorms and working together to ensure our users get the best possible profiling experience.</p>
<h3><strong>In this role, you will</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Get up to speed with the Insights profiler and its current workflows</li>
<li><span>Work on usability improvements to Insights’ various views including timing event tracks, counters and memory views</span></li>
<li><span>terate on the clarity of the Insights UI and the first time user experience</span></li>
<li><span>Actively work with the Insights team, joining group brainstorming sessions </span></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>What we're looking for</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><span>Good knowledge and experience programming projects in C++ or another object oriented language is a must have</span></li>
<li><span>A passion for tools development and improving user workflows</span></li>
<li><span>An interest in user experience and UI design</span></li>
<li><span>Great communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team</span></li>
</ul>
<p><em>This internship has a flexible start date in 2026. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic’s Early Career Program, visit <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/earlycareers">epicgames.com/earlycareers</a>. This is going to be Epic!</em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h2>ABOUT US</h2>
<p>Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 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. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.</p>
<h3><strong>Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!</strong></h3>
<p>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 <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/eeo-policy" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Note to Recruitment Agencies: </strong>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 <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/note-to-recruitment-agencies" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></div>
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