Tools Programmer Intern (Graphics)

Location: Cary,North Carolina,United States Department: Engineering Generalist

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.

ENGINEERING - 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 engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

TOOLS PROGRAMMER INTERN (GRAPHICS)

What You'll Do

We're looking for a Tools Programmer Intern to evolve artist tools within the Unreal Editor. An important aspect of this role is supporting both user-driven and agentic workflows, including exploring and implementing new interaction paradigms to accelerate content creation. You'll directly impact artist productivity by developing user-facing tools for one of the leading game engines used by developers worldwide.

In this role, you will

Resolve bugs and workflow issues for our internal teams and licensees

Explore new artist workflows on the intersection of agentic and interactive tools

Work closely with team members to modify existing and add new features

Have independence in making and owning implementation decisions

Be part of an experienced distributed team

What we're looking for

Strong C++ skills

Experience in collaborating with other developers

Demonstrated ability in working on graphics tools, e.g. geometry, texture processing, terrain authoring, procedural generation

Experience with using agentic coding tools

Someone who is pragmatic, professional, and has a positive attitude

Prior experience with Unreal Engine is a plus, but not required

Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English

This internship has a flexible start date in 2027. 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 epicgames.com/earlycareers. This is going to be Epic!

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. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

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