MFK Recruitment
Unreal Engine Developer - Synthetic Data / AI
Job Description
Salary: £55,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements:- At least three years of commercial Unreal Engine development experience.
- Strong experience developing applications using Unreal Engine 5.
- Strong C++ and/or C# development skills within Unreal or related real-time applications.
- Professional experience within games, simulation, VFX or virtual production.
- Strong knowledge of Unreal rendering, scene management and automation.
- Experience designing scalable, readable and maintainable production software.
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD and containerised deployment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to work effectively with Developers, Engineers, Researchers and 3D Artists.
- Candidates must be eligible to obtain UK BPSS and Security Check clearance.
- Existing clearance would be advantageous but is not essential.
- For SC clearance, applicants are normally expected to have lived in the UK for the previous five years.
- Develop and improve Unreal Engine 5 applications for synthetic imagery generation.
- Automate object placement, cameras, lighting, weather and image-capture workflows.
- Transform an existing research platform into scalable production software.
- Work with AI and Machine Learning Engineers to optimise synthetic training datasets.
- Improve development, rendering and asset-production workflows.
- Develop intuitive tools that allow users to configure and generate synthetic imagery.
- Contribute to software architecture, technical design and product direction.
- Build and support CI/CD and containerised deployment processes.
- Support applications deployed within secure customer environments.
- 3D
- AI
- C#
- CI/CD
- Computer Vision
- Support
- Machine Learning
- Python
- Security
- Unreal
- GameDev
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We are an innovative UK technology company developing advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions for defence, security and other demanding real-world environments. We specialise in computer vision, perception and autonomy, combining modern deep learning with neuroscience-inspired technology to create accurate, robust and reliable AI systems. This is a permanent, full-time role based in West London, working predominantly from the office and customer sites with some remote working available. You will join a collaborative team of Unreal Developers, AI Researchers, Computer Vision Specialists, 3D Artists and Python/C++ Engineers, and help build an automated platform for generating high-quality synthetic datasets. We offer long-term opportunities in a technically challenging environment, and our culture has supported strong retention across the team.
last updated 31 week of 2026
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MFK Recruitment
Brentford
IT
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£55,000
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This salary is 14% above the UK median for Developers (£55,000/yr).
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