Gameplay Design 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.

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

GAMEPLAY DESIGN INTERN

What You'll Do

Epic Games is on the lookout for dynamic interns to join our dev teams in 2026. Whether you work on Fortnite, Unreal Engine, or any of our other games, products, and services, you'll join a team that's pushing the limits of interactive entertainment. Our Interns are given challenging projects throughout the work term and 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

• Participate in the ideation and brainstorming of new items for upcoming seasons of Fortnite Battle Royale
• Investigate and fix bugs with features in a way that grows your overall knowledge of Fortnite design and technical implementation
• Learn how to own items and features as a vision holder, creating documentation and owning the outcome
• Work in the Unreal Engine to implement your designs in Blueprint in close collaboration with other designers, engineers, QA analysts, animators, VFX artists, sound artists, UI designers, and others
• Attend playtests, provide feedback, and help identify practical solutions to problems

What We're Looking For

• Finished student projects or indie games with experience through the entire development cycle
• Passion for games with a wide breadth of game knowledge
• Strong interest in multiplayer games with an understanding of what makes them successful
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to take feedback and direction on assigned tasks
• Some experience in scripting with items worked on in a completed project
• Unreal Engine and UEFN experience is required

This internship has a flexible start date in 2026. 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. For more information about Epic’s Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers. This is going to be Epic!

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!

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