Full-Time

On-Site

Senior Technical UI Designer (R27181)

EEpic Games, Inc.620 Crossroads Blvd, Cary, North Carolina0

Description

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Technical UI Designer to join the Rocket League team. This role involves designing and implementing UI systems in Unreal Engine, creating rapid prototypes, layouts, and visual scripts, and optimizing workflows. The designer will collaborate closely with UX Designers, UI Artists, and UI Programmers to deliver features to a global user base. Key responsibilities include ensuring UI performance, managing asset constraints, and debugging issues, with an emphasis on basic algebra, geometry, game systems, and programming principles.

What We're Looking For

Work on UI Systems Design, breaking down features/wireframes into necessary widgets, materials, and input navigation,

Increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are followed by colleagues,

Ensure assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints; learn to profile performance and costs of UMG/Slate/C++/and texture memory,

Implement blueprint logic when presentation logic calls for it, and assist UI Artists with special presentation behavior,

Consult with UI Programmers on logic division between blueprint and native code,

Debug blueprints/UMG issues quickly using various tools and techniques,

Find ways to assist UX, UI Art, and UI Programming in organization, documentation, and building workflow improvements

Ideal Candidate

Experience in building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (mobile, web, PC, consoles), or similar transferable experience,

Experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence, or similar transferable experience,

Professional experience using Adobe Suite (especially Photoshop, Illustrator a plus),

Engine experience (Custom engine, Unity, Unreal Engine, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.),

Understanding of game industry 3D-package experience (3D Studio, Maya, etc.),

An eye for pixel-perfect UI, translating and spotting various potential issues with mockups,

Logical problem solver with strong attention to detail and excellent written and communication skills,

Ability to 'translate' communication across departments (e.g., talk to Programming about UI Art needs, summarize technical issues) and empathy for non-technical team members,

UI work on 2+ AAA game titles,

C++ and scripting experience,

Experience with building materials/shaders in Unreal or equivalent

Hard Skills

UI Systems Design

Unreal Engine

Blueprint logic

UMG

Slate

C++

Texture memory

Performance profiling

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Game engines (Unity

Lumberyard

Snowdrop)

3D-packages (3D Studio

Maya)

Visual scripting

Basic algebra

Geometry math

Game systems

Basic programming principles

Scripting

Materials

Shaders

Soft Skills

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Written communication

Verbal communication

Empathy

Organization

Documentation

Workflow improvement

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision HRA

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401k with competitive match

Mental well-being program (free therapy and coaching through Modern Health)

Company-wide paid breaks

Unlimited PTO

Sick time

Paid sabbatical (after 7 years of employment)

About the Company

Epic Games, Inc.

Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.

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