Senior Research Engineer

Cary,North Carolina,United States

Full-time

Job Description

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 - SPECIAL PROJECTS

What We Do

The Special Projects team at Epic is responsible for executing high-impact projects that push the envelope to define the future of real-time graphics and gaming technology (The Matrix Awakens, Lumen in the Land of Nanite). In collaboration with the Unreal Engine team, we strive to put our technology and knowledge into the hands of users, empowering developers and content creators with the most powerful suite of real-time tools in the world.

What You'll Do

Epic’s R&D team is developing tools to bring AI-powered conversational technology to games. You will engineer the tools and fine-tune the LLMs to enable more immersive experiences for players and new creative possibilities for developers.

In this role, you will

Own the data pipeline: source/synthesize scalable conversational datasets, and enforce data quality, privacy, and provenance
Train and align at scale: build distributed SFT/DPO/RLHF workflows, automate evals, and iterate quickly
Enable the creation of new real-time experiences: integrate LLMs with tool use, memory/RAG, and TTS/ASR; meet strict latency and cost budgets for live gameplay
Collaborate with the moderation teams: work with Epic’s moderation teams to continue refining safeguards and policy checks
Partner widely: collaborate with gameplay engineers, designers, and artists to prototype and ship real-time experiences in games

What we're looking for

B.S. in CS/ML/EE/Math or equivalent; advanced degree a plus
5+ years building production ML or distributed systems (flexible for exceptional impact)
Expert Python (async I/O, data engineering); strong systems skills
Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf)
Comfort reading papers and turning ideas into robust code
Experience with reinforcement learning, safety alignment, or RAG techniques
LLM-related open-source contributions or published research

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

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.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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 here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: 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 here.

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