Lead UI Tech Designer (Unreal Engine)

About the Position

We are looking for a Lead UI Tech Designer (Unreal Engine) to bridge design and engineering by building scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine with a focus on architecture, performance, and game feel. You will translate wireframes into reusable widgets and navigation flows while partnering closely across disciplines-apply to help ship polished, responsive UI experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design UI system architecture by decomposing features and wireframes into widgets, structures, and classes
• Build reusable and extensible widget libraries that enable consistent, scalable UI development
• Implement wireframe layouts using appropriate widget classes to unblock visual styling workflows
• Translate UX and visual design needs into clear technical requirements for engineering partners
• Ensure player input mapping is responsive and supports appropriate game feel across UI flows
• Own UI performance by profiling UMG, Slate, C++, and texture memory costs within CPU and memory budgets
• Write Blueprint presentation logic and advise what belongs in Blueprint versus native code
• Debug Blueprint and UMG issues quickly using fault-isolation techniques
• Coordinate documentation, organization, and workflow improvements across UX, UI art, and UI engineering

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a UI Tech Designer, Technical UI Artist, or similar hybrid role
• Proven leadership skills bridging design and engineering to align technical and UX goals
• Strong project ownership skills to drive ambiguous UI system problems to shippable solutions
• Deep Unreal Engine 5 experience with UMG, Slate, and Blueprints on shipped UI screens and flows
• Strong UI systems design skills to create reusable, extensible widgets, structures, and classes
• Solid UI performance knowledge across memory and CPU constraints in real-time engines
• Proven navigation and state management experience for complex, context-dependent UI flows
• Strong style sheet and style set experience to ensure consistent theming across many screens
• Excellent collaboration skills with UX, UI art, and engineering partners
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
• Ability to maintain reasonable working-time overlap with clients in Cary, NC

Nice to Have

• Experience building scoped or context-driven navigation systems
• Familiarity with large-scale discovery or storefront UI patterns
• Advanced Blueprint scripting beyond basic UI wiring
• Experience working with AI assistants to improve UI workflows or documentation
• Strong understanding of gaming UI conventions and interaction patterns

We Offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

About the Company

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