Engine Programmer Intern

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 - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

ENGINE PROGRAMMER INTERN

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for an Engine Programmer Intern to join them for the 2027 season. Working on our Fortnite Online team, you'll be supporting a multitude of systems and features for our Engine and Fortnite.

If it's an online game feature, we touch it. Epic engineers wear many hats. As an intern, you are provided with a meaningful experience with high expectations for performance. If you want to build something Epic, this is the opportunity for you!

In this role, you will

• Work closely with the Fortnite Online team (FNO) by architecting, developing, and maintaining shared online gameplay technology
• Contribute to the online systems and toolsets used by licensees in the Unreal Engine as well as online features and services used by Fortnite and other games at Epic
• Develop solutions to various technical challenges from initial concept to final shipped code and ensure that it is stable for our players once released

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline required, with strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills strongly desired
• Demonstrable proficiency in object-oriented programming and C++ required, with familiarity with Java considered a plus
• Demonstrable knowledge of networking, REST, and utilizing back-end services with resiliency in mind
• Demonstrated interest in online multiplayer games, and interest in games as a service also a plus
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine or UEFN is strongly desired
• Technical portfolio demonstrating programming work in a student or internship environment, or game/feature development, with examples of code and experience developing online features, tools, or other relevant projects strongly desired
• Strong preference for demonstrating AI usage and leveraging LLMs for code and tooling development

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.