Tools Programmer Intern

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 provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, and is also embraced by content creators across industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design.

About the Role

As part of the Build Operations - Tools team, you’ll be working on internal tools and technology used to make Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and other products at Epic. You’ll focus on tools that improve how our team writes software, builds, tests, and delivers features while preventing defects. We prioritize user experience flow, automation, continuous integration, testing, and analytics to maximize development team effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Create and improve tools and platforms used by developers working at Epic
• Write unit and functional tests that ensure the quality of the tools we release
• Instrument telemetry and visualize/report tools usage with data transformation
• Create and improve workflows for Unreal Editor, Unreal Editor for Fortnite, Fortnite, and other products
• Work closely with QA and other developers to streamline/optimize human interactions and problem solving
• Collaborate with a wide variety of engineering and content creation teams to solve complex technical challenges impacting the stability and quality of game development build operations

Requirements

• Experience working on game features or technology with C#
• Familiarity or willingness to learn C++
• Experience with UX and using GUI frameworks
• Comfort managing agentic workflows and AI-assisted coding
• A passion for maximizing developer efficiency and product quality
• An interest in game engines and game development concepts such as scripting, exporters, data processing, packaging, and deployment

This internship has a flexible start date in 2027. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship.