Expert UI Engineer

2 Hours ago • 5 Years + • $148,000 PA - $200,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

We are looking for an Expert UI Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing UI systems across multiple platforms. You will take ownership of UI development, collaborating closely with designers and engineers to create high-performance, visually striking interfaces. You will build and share ownership of fundamental UI architecture and functionality, support UI team members, contribute to best practices of UI creation, and maintain, refactor and optimize legacy UI systems.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of programming experience with expertise in C/C++
  • Proficiency with Unreal Engine's Slate and UMG
  • Experience building and optimizing real-time user interfaces
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Deep understanding of UI/UX design principles
  • Passion for video games, particularly action, FPS, or 3PS titles

Job Details

WE ARE GAMEMAKERS

Who we are:

We are a diverse team of developers driven by a passion for our art, united by our core values and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that thrill players everywhere. We pursue growth and innovation in an environment of safety and trust. Our culture is built on the belief that the more varied voices in our collective will strengthen our team and our games. We are looking for our next teammate who will raise our bar and make us better.

We are currently working on Project ETHOS, a new free-to-play, 3rd person rogue-like hero shooter and an exciting evolution on the genre!

What we need:

We are seeking an experienced Expert UI Engineer to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a cutting-edge, next-generation video game project, developing, implementing, and optimizing UI systems across multiple platforms. As an Expert UI Engineer, you’ll take ownership of UI development, collaborating closely with designers and engineers to create high-performance, visually striking interfaces. If you're ready to take on a new challenge and push the boundaries of UI for games, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

  • Build and share ownership of fundamental UI architecture and functionality
  • Support UI team members and development partners in creation, maintenance, and iteration of game UI, in service of the game as a whole
  • Contribute to and reinforce best practices of UI creation, testing, patterns and workflows
  • Maintain, refactor and optimize legacy UI systems
  • Work with the Lead UI Engineer and UI Design Leadership in establishing high level tech goals

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of programming experience with expertise in C/C++, preferably in a creative, fast-paced development environment
  • Proficiency with Unreal Engine's Slate and UMG
  • Experience building and optimizing complex, real-time user interfaces for AAA games across multiple platforms
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills and experience working with both technical and non-technical teams
  • Fluency with high-level material pipelines

Relevant Experience:

  • A deep understanding of UI/UX design principles and player-focused development
  • Passion for video games, particularly action, FPS, or 3PS titles, with at least one AAA game title shipped

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $148,000 and $200,000 per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an 'at-will position' and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

SECURITY NOTICE -  We have recently been made aware of increasing occurrences of bad actors posing as company HR personnel to gain information from "potential candidates", in the form of job interviews and offers. These scams can be quite sophisticated and appear legitimate.

Please know that 31st Union and 2K never uses instant messaging apps to contact prospective employees or to conduct interviews.

If you believe you have been a victim of such a scam, you may fill out a complaint form at https://complaint.ic3.gov/ and https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ detailing as much as possible. We are taking these matters very seriously and apologize for any inconvenience.

Join our mission: Bring fun, inspiration and awe to our lives and to our community: https://thirtyfirstunion.com/values

31st Union prides itself on the diversity of its team members, partners, and communities.  For this reason, we remain committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring through compensation, benefits, discipline and termination.  This means that employment at 31st Union depends on your substantive ability, objective qualifications and work ethic – not on your age, race (including traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), height, weight, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), alienage or citizenship status, transgender, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability (actual or perceived), medical condition, AIDS/HIV, denial of family and medical care leave, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy status, childbirth, breastfeeding (or related medical conditions), marital status or registered domestic partner status, political activity or affiliation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, arrest record, or taking or requesting statutorily protected leaves, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are also committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us if you need to request a reasonable accommodation.

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Established in 2019, 31st Union is a San Francisco Bay Area studio formed with a common purpose of crafting highly engaging entertainment and a commitment to putting fans first. We are an association of diverse game makers driven by a passion for our art and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build games that thrill players everywhere. We cherish our studio independence and autonomy, and value the collaborative support of our publisher 2K and parent company Take-Two Interactive, one of the world’s leading interactive entertainment companies.

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