[Hiring] Lead UI Technical Artist @EPAM

Role Description

We are looking for a Lead UI Technical Artist to define the materials, motion language, and technical UI systems that unify and scale high-quality game interfaces across platforms. You will build templates, tools, and polished real-time effects in Unreal Engine while mentoring UI artists and designers.

• Define UI tech art systems, templates, thematics, and principles for a forward-looking game UI.
• Craft highly polished and performant UI tech art solutions using materials, UMG, animation, FX, lighting, Blueprints, and camera tools in UE4/5.
• Build consistent visual patterns for motion, FX, UI transitions, scale, and proportion.
• Plan how UI tech art adapts across platforms by balancing fidelity, performance, and readability.
• Own tooling and UI tech art asset management to keep the team scalable and efficient.
• Create animated transitions and camera moves using Sequencer and related Unreal toolsets.
• Develop material functions and shader systems that standardize UI look and performance.
• Design diegetic and spatial UI moments where 3D meets UI through cameras, framing, and post-processing.
• Optimize textures, materials, and effects through profiling and performance budgets.
• Partner with UX and visual design to add hover states, micro-interactions, and motion polish.
• Mentor UI artists and visual designers through reviews, templates, and hands-on support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist on games.
• Lead-level mentoring experience guiding UI artists and visual designers.
• Cross-platform planning experience balancing fidelity and performance for UI tech art.
• Strong Unreal Engine 5 skills with Material Editor workflows and real-time optimization.
• Advanced Sequencer skills for animated transitions and cinematic camera moves.
• Expert material functions knowledge including shader logic and reusable material systems.
• Advanced UV math skills for procedural/technical material setups.
• Strong Niagara VFX skills for performant real-time UI effects.
• Solid real-time lighting skills and post-process techniques for mood and readability.
• Strong motion design skills for timing, easing, and micro-interactions in UI.
• Strong collaboration skills to elevate established UX/UI designs with technical polish.
• Comfort with ambiguity in exploratory iteration to find the right feel for a moment.
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2) proficiency for daily collaboration and documentation.

Requirements

• Experience building reusable or modular VFX and material systems across large UI surfaces.
• Background in cinematics, trailer work, or environmental mood and lighting design.
• Familiarity with UMG logic and how UI behavior interacts with materials and VFX systems.
• Experience applying AI assistants to speed up iteration, documentation, or tooling workflows.
• Broad gaming knowledge of UI conventions and player experience expectations.