Frontend Programmer Intern

Epic Games
Cary, North Carolina, United StatesPosted Aug 31, 2026
Software Engineering

About the role

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 - EPIC GAMES SERVICES

What We Do Driving the plug-in power behind Unreal Engine 5. We bridge connections for licensees and our own internal game teams to online services. This allows games like Fortnite to utilize a combination of platform online services as well as Epic’s own online services to build cross-platform online features. Login, parties, voice chat, matchmaking, purchasing, cloud storage, and analytics are just a few examples of online features that our Online Game Services team helps games utilize.

FRONTEND PROGRAMMER INTERN

What You'll Do

The Social Web team builds the interfaces players use to connect with other players across Epic's ecosystem, including Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys. As an intern on the team, you'll ship real features that touch millions of players, gaining hands-on experience with production web development while being mentored through the full lifecycle of a feature, from design to deployment. In this role, you will Build and ship features using React, JavaScript, and TypeScript, working directly in our production codebase Partner with senior engineers to design and implement UI components and user flows for the social overlay experience Debug issues and contribute fixes across the front end, with guidance from your team Participate in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback, to build strong engineering habits Take ownership of a well-scoped project or feature over the course of your internship,