# Developer Relations Engineer - Unreal Engine
**Company:** [Rive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rive)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $160K-$185K
**Skills:** Unreal Engine, C++, Slate, Umg, Blueprints, SDKs, APIs, Developer Tooling
**Posted:** 2026-05-12
> Develops and maintains Rive's Unreal Engine runtime, designs APIs for optimal developer experience, creates documentation/samples/tutorials, and engages with the Unreal community for advocacy and support. Requires extensive Unreal Engine and C++ expertise.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities

### Unreal Runtime Development
- Support and evolve Rive's Unreal runtime by exposing new Rive runtime capabilities within Unreal while maintaining long-term stability and quality.
- Stay current with developments across the Unreal ecosystem, proactively planning support for new engine features, platforms, SDKs, and devices.
- Write, maintain, and expand automated test coverage to ensure runtime reliability and performance.

### Developer Experience & API Design
- Help shape a best-in-class developer experience for Unreal developers using Rive.
- Ensure the Unreal runtime aligns consistently with the APIs and workflows of other Rive runtimes.
- Advocate for developers by validating new features, workflows, and integrations from the perspective of real-world usability and production adoption.

### Documentation, Samples, and Educational Content
- Contribute to documentation that supports both new and experienced developers using Rive.
- Create sample projects, reference implementations, and example code that demonstrate best practices and common workflows.

### Community and Customer Support
- Triage and investigate issues reported by customers and the community.
- Serve as a technical resource for both internal teams and external Unreal developers using Rive.
- Collaborate directly with customers to help them succeed with production integrations and best practices.
- Gather and communicate developer feedback to help shape product direction and roadmap priorities.
- Grow awareness and adoption of Rive within the Unreal community through discussions, community engagement, demos, and developer advocacy.

## Requirements
- Extensive experience developing projects in Unreal Engine, with a solid understanding of engine architecture, patterns, and conventions.
- Proficiency with Unreal's UI frameworks, including **Slate** and **UMG**.
- **C++** proficiency, including working within large existing codebases and extending established systems and architectures.
- Experience building developer tooling, SDKs, APIs, or Blueprint systems, ideally including integrating Blueprint workflows with native C++ systems.
- Strong empathy for developers and an understanding of what creates exceptional SDKs, APIs, tooling, and documentation experiences.
- A passion for sharing knowledge through tutorials, demos, videos, written content, or other educational formats.
- Prior experience working with end users, skilled in handling customer questions.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience using Rive!
- Experience with, or an interest in learning, other game engines and frameworks.
- Participation in developer communities through open source, blogs, conference talks, meetups, tutorials, YouTube content, hackathons, or technical education.
- Examples of technical writing, tutorials, documentation, or educational content you've created.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary range: **$160-185k**.
- Remote work environment, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, stock options.
- Compensation may depend on level of experience and geographic location.
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