Senior Unreal Engine UI Technical Designer

About the role

EPAM is seeking a Senior UI Technical Designer to create scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine. You will bridge design and engineering, focusing on architecture, performance, and input feel while collaborating with multinational teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design UI system architecture by breaking features and wireframes into widgets, structures, and classes.
• Build reusable and extensible widget templates that support efficient iteration and styling.
• Prototype UX and visual concepts, translating design intent into technical requirements.
• Implement responsive player input mapping and tune interaction feel to match gameplay expectations.
• Own UI performance by profiling UMG, Slate, Blueprint/C++ costs, and texture memory.
• Document UI systems and improve organization and pipelines across UX, UI art, and engineering.

Required profile

• 3+ years of professional experience as a UI Technical Designer or similar hybrid role.
• Strong leadership skills to own ambiguous foundational UI problems and deliver shippable solutions.
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities for complex navigation and UI state.
• Strong collaboration skills across UX, UI art, and engineering disciplines.

Required skills

• Deep Unreal Engine 5 experience with UMG, Slate, and Blueprints.
• Solid programming fundamentals with visual scripting (Blueprints) and knowledge of Lua or Python.
• Game math knowledge including basic algebra and geometry.
• UI performance optimization for real‑time engines (memory and CPU constraints).

What we offer

• International projects with top brands and global teams.
• Healthcare benefits, paid time off, and sick leave.
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses, plus unlimited LinkedIn Learning access.
• Global career opportunities and volunteer/community involvement.