UI Technical Designer (R27114)

Epic Games is seeking talented and experienced UI Technical Designers for Fortnite. In this role, you will implement UI system designs in Unreal Engine, rapidly prototype layouts, visual scripts, and enhance workflows. You will collaborate with UX designers, artists, and UI engineers to deliver features to millions of users, ensuring UI performance and best practices. The role involves debugging Blueprints/UMG and assisting with UI organization and documentation.

Must Have

• Implement UI system designs in Unreal Engine
• Create rapid prototypes, layouts, visual scripts, and enhance workflows
• Verify assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints
• Implement logic in Blueprint for presentation
• Debug problems in Blueprints/UMG using various tools and techniques
• Assist UX, UI Art, and UI engineering in organizing, documenting, and building workflow improvements
• 3-6 years of experience in UI creation and game engines across multiple platforms
• 2+ years of experience launching updates and new features regularly
• Professional experience with Photoshop, Figma, game engines, and 3D packages
• Good perception for UI-perfect, translating and identifying potential mockup issues
• Ability to solve problems logically and attention to detail
• Ability to translate communication between departments and empower non-technical team members
• Experience in introductory algebra, geometric mathematics ("Game math"), game systems, and fundamental programming principles

Perks & Benefits

• 100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Daily meal vouchers (for local employees)
• Transportation benefits (for local employees)

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the heart of Epic's success are talented and passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether creating award-winning games or building engine technology that allows others to create visually stunning interactive experiences, we are always innovating.

Being Epic means being part of a team that continually strives to do what is right for our community and our users. We are constantly innovating to raise the bar for engine and game development.

DESIGN

What we do

We put your design skills into action at a cutting-edge company that challenges convention. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, we help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What you will do

Epic Games is looking for talented and experienced UI Technical Designers to work on Fortnite. In this position, you will act as a collaborative team member, implementing UI system designs in Unreal Engine, rapidly prototyping layouts, visual scripts, and enhancing our workflows. You will work with UX designers, artists, and UI engineers to deliver these features to millions of users worldwide. The ideal candidate must have experience in introductory algebra and geometric mathematics ("Game math"), game systems, and fundamental programming principles.

In this role, you will

• Work on UI system design, breaking down features/wireframes into necessary widgets, structures, and classes; increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are followed by colleagues.
• Verify that assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints, learning to define UMG/Slate/C++ performance and costs, and texture memory.
• Implement logic in Blueprint when necessary for presentation. Assist UI artists, when necessary, in implementing special presentation behaviors. Consult with UI engineers on which logic will be implemented in Blueprint and which will be native code.
• Quickly debug problems in Blueprints/UMG using various tools and techniques.
• Find ways to assist UX, UI Art, and UI engineering in organizing, documenting, and building workflow improvements.

What we are looking for

• Three to six years of experience in UI creation and experience in game engines and on multiple platforms (mobile, web, PC, consoles) or equivalent experience.
• More than two years of experience launching updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence or equivalent experience.
• Professional experience with Photoshop, Figma, game engines (Custom Engine, Unity, UE4, Lumberyard, Snowdrop etc.) and experience with 3D packages in games (3D Studio, Maya etc.).
• Have good perception for UI-perfect, translating and identifying potential problems with mockups when integrating designers into the engine.
• Ability to solve problems logically and attention to detail.
• Ability to "translate" communication between departments (explain UI Art needs to engineers, summarize technical problems, etc.), as well as empathy for non-technical team members and the ability to empower them.

Benefits

We pay 100% of benefits for both employees and dependents. Our current benefits package includes medical, dental, and life insurance coverage. We also offer complementary benefits, including daily meal vouchers and transportation benefits for local employees.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans 25 countries with 46 studios and over 4,500 employees worldwide. For over 25 years, we have created award-winning games and engine technology that allows others to create 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 with the ability to create high-fidelity interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, but is also a tool adopted by content creators across various 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 form world-class talent teams.

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