Senior Software Engineer (Unreal Engine)

Location:Remote

Company

CATCHES are a pre-seed start-up backed by some of the most influential names in luxury fashion globally. We've partnered with the global leaders in cloud computing and AI to integrate advanced 3D rendering, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Visual Effects (VFX) techniques to create unparalleled shopping experiences for luxury fashion and exclusive events.

Working at CATCHES

• Remote working with some in person collaboration (London)
• Equity opportunity in pre-seed cutting edge tech firm with household name backers.
• Highly collaborative and motivated team with depth and breadth of experience across Video Games, Films and Tech.

The role

A Senior Software Engineer position responsible for pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved within Unreal Engine. This is a unique role working on previously unsolved problems that will require the use of bleeding edge features to deliver high quality renders to end users.

You'll work in a variety of disciplines, including developing our scalable cloud rendering solution based on Unreal, creating internal tooling for both technical and creative users by making modifications to Unreal Engine itself, primarily working in C++ writing code to extend the engine and build new features.

Responsibilities

• Optimising both real-time and offline rendering performance in engine
• Developing and maintaining CI pipelines to automate the packaging of Unreal projects and assets
• Working with creatives, gathering requirements and building internal tools to assist with the creation of assets through automation
• Documenting developed tools and features
• Creating tests and maintaining test coverage across our stack
• Providing knowledge to less experienced Unreal users (both technical and non-technical) across the business on best practices, limitations and more
• Creating and integrating plugins to the engine to enable users across the business

Tech stack:

• Unreal Engine
• C++
• Perforce / Git
• CI/CD (Cloud based environment)
• Python / Go (Scripting)

Requirements:

• Strong C++ skills
• Unreal Engine experience (UE4 or UE5)
• Engine tools and systems development experience
• Experience modifying Unreal Engine source code
• Experience with both Git and Perforce version control
• Knowledge of API design / consumption
• Development on both Windows and Linux platforms