Senior Language Programmer

London, England · San Francisco · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026

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The Senior Language Programmer will join the Verse team to own the toolchain, compiler, VM, and runtime powering Unreal Engine and UEFN.
This role involves working on core systems that developers rely on to build and ship games using Verse.

Extend, evolve, and maintain the Verse compiler toolchain, transactional memory runtime, and VM.
Add new platform support and implement new language features.
Integrate Verse with Unreal Engine's content, build, and cooking pipelines.
Optimize performance, memory usage, and iteration times across the Verse toolchain, runtime, and UE/Verse boundary.
Work closely with language consumers to ensure an exceptional user experience.
Establish test workflows to validate improvements and prevent regressions.
Design and maintain the scripting interface to Unreal Engine.
Collaborate with the Verse Language team and the broader UE engineering organization.

Expert knowledge of C++17 or later.
Experience in compiler or toolchain development, such as compiler internals, VM design, Clang/LLVM, or linker/platform ABI specifics.
Experience developing and optimizing large codebases.
Ability to make tradeoffs between usability, performance, and power.
Strong ability to reason about large, interconnected systems.
Solid grounding in software engineering principles, including API design.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to work autonomously and deliver practical solutions.

100% of premiums paid for medical, dental, and vision HRA for employee and dependents
Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401k with competitive match
Mental well-being program through Modern Health
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment
Company-wide paid breaks