Senior Technical UI Designer

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • UI/UX Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Senior Technical UI Designer to contribute to Fortnite. Responsibilities include UI systems design in Unreal Engine, creating prototypes, implementing visual scripting, and optimizing workflows. Collaboration with UX Designers, UI Artists, and UI Engineers is essential to deliver features to millions of users. The role requires expertise in game math, game systems, and basic programming principles. Duties involve breaking down features into widgets and classes, ensuring UI performance, managing asset memory, implementing blueprint logic, assisting UI Artists, consulting with UI engineers, debugging, and improving team workflows.
Must have:
  • Experience building UI in game engines across multiple platforms
  • Shipping updates/features regularly to a large user base
  • Proficiency in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
  • Game engine experience (Unreal Engine 5 preferred)
  • Understanding of 3D-package experience
  • Pixel-perfect UI, problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication & cross-departmental collaboration
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • Long-term disability, life insurance, 401k match
  • Mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Job Details

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.

UX DESIGN

What We Do

We design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative, while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. We approach the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for talented, experienced Technical UI designers to work on Fortnite. In this position, you will have a role as a collaborative team member implementing UI systems design in Unreal engine, building rapid prototypes, layouts, visual scripting, and leveling up our workflows. You will work with UX Designers, UI Artists, and UI Engineers to ship these features to millions of users around the world. The ideal candidate would have expertise in basic algebra and geometry math (""Game math""), game systems, and basic programming principles. 

In this role, you will

  • Work on UI Systems Design, breaking down feature/wireframe into necessary widgets, structures, and classes
  • Increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are being followed by colleagues
  • Ensure assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints. Learning to profile performance and the costs of UMG/Slate/C++/and texture memory
  • Implement blueprint logic when presentation logic calls for it. Assist UI Artists where necessary to implement special presentation behavior. Consult with UI engineers on what logic will be in blueprint vs native code
  • Take ownership of complex features with minimal oversight
  • Debug blueprints/UMG issues quickly using various tools and techniques.
  • Find ways to assist UX, UI Art, and UI engineering in organization, documentation, and building workflow improvements.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (mobile, web, pc, consoles). Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
  • Experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence. Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
  • Professional experience using Adobe Suite (especially Photoshop, and Illustrator a plus), have engine experience (Custom engine, Unity, UE5, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.), and an understanding of game industry 3D-package experience (3D Studio, Maya, etc.)
  • You have an eye for pixel-perfect UI, translating and spotting various potential issues with mockups as you help integrate the designs into the engine
  • You are a logical problem solver who pays close attention to detail and has excellent written and communication skills
  • You can ""translate"" communication across departments (e.g., talk to engineering about UI Art needs, summarize technical issues, etc.), but you must also have empathy for non-technical team members and the ability to empower others on your team

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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About The Company

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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