Senior UGC Tools Engineer

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Senior UGC Tools Engineer

Application Deadline: 10 September 2025

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Edinburgh

Reporting To: Seb Andary

Description

As a Senior UGC Tools Engineer, you will be responsible for writing and maintaining

complex code and systems in Unreal Engine that power our current and future

groundbreaking game projects. You will identify and fix performance issues and be

comfortable designing and extending large code systems. This role is specifically focused on the development of a UGC (User Generated Content) tool that will play a crucial part in our

game ecosystem, empowering our player community to create unique content and shape the

future of our games.

Key Responsibilities

• Write and maintain complex code and systems within Unreal Engine for UGC tools development.
• Collaborate closely with other lead programmers, designers, and artists to deliver all technical systems for large game projects. Identify and fix performance issues, ensuring tools are scalable and reliable
• Design and extend large code systems to improve maintainability and performance.
• Ensure Engine team compliance with the project's vision, technical requirements, and style guide.
• Review other team members merge requests and participate in the elaboration of a common coding culture in the team
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in coding, debugging, and problem-solving.
• Drive innovation within the UGC tools team, encouraging creative solutions to technical challenges.

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Programmer in the game industry, preferably with Unreal Engine experience.
• Experience as an engine programmer strongly desired
• Strong C++ programming and debugging skills.
• Good algorithm and data structure skills, including time and space complexity and real-world vs. theoretical performance of basic data structures Solid understanding of and experience with multi-threaded programming.
• Strong understanding of modern CPU and GPU architectures.
• Experience developing or working with UGC tools or systems is preferred, but not required.
• Passion for creating tools that empower creativity and enhance the player experience.

Benefits

Our Global Benefits & Perks

• Unlimited coaching & therapy - with Oliva, to support your mental health
• Stock Options - everyone owns a piece of our success
• Pension scheme - up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years
• Socials -office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
• And even more benefits based on your location!

If you're based in the UK

• 25 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we're flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what's important to you
• Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
• Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
• Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
• Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.