Mid SDET / Tools Engineer (Unreal Engine 5)

Room 8 Group is a game development company working with top global game dev publishers. The role involves building and maintaining engineering tools primarily in C++ (Unreal Engine 5) and Python for development workflows and pipelines.

• Solid modern C++ development experience
• Hands-on Unreal Engine 5 experience (C++ plugins, UMG/Slate or Dear ImGui, subsystems, reflection system)
• Strong Python skills (scripting, pytest, CLI tools)
• Experience with Perforce (p4) in production workflows
• REST API / JSON integration experience
• Understanding of 3D content pipelines (LODs, materials, draw calls, collision)
• Ability to deliver scoped features end-to-end with limited supervision
• Experience writing automated tests (unit/integration/e2e)
• 2+ years of professional software development or technical tools/QA engineering experience with UE exposure

Nice to have:

• DCC scripting (Blender, Maya, Substance Painter, etc.)
• Houdini (SOPs / PDG/TOPs)
• C# / .NET (for test automation framework contribution)
• CI/CD experience (GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Unreal performance profiling (Unreal Insights, Stat system)
• Knowledge of Nanite, Lumen, World Partition, PCG, ISM
• Experience with image capture / visual regression tooling
• Exposure to AI/LLM-assisted development or tooling

• Develop and maintain UE5 editor and runtime tools in C++
• Build pipeline and DCC tools in Python (Blender, Maya, Houdini)
• Implement editor features using Unreal Engine plugins, subsystems, Slate/UMG or Dear ImGui
• Integrate tooling with Perforce, REST/JSON APIs, and CI/CD systems
• Write and maintain automated tests for tools (unit, integration, end-to-end)
• Debug and root-cause technical issues across tooling and pipeline systems
• Support QA, artists, and engineers in using internal tools effectively
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards
• Collaborate with senior engineers on architecture and design decisions
• Continuously improve tooling quality, stability, and performance