[Hiring] Senior Technical Artist @EPAM Systems

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join our team. This role blends artistic sensibility with technical depth to shape polished, high-performing visual experiences within a collaborative studio setting. You'll work at the intersection of art and engineering, helping define how visual craft comes together across a range of platforms. It's a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving creative challenges through a technical lens.

• Build refined, high-performing technical art solutions leveraging materials, UMG, animation, FX, lighting, Blueprints, and camera systems within UE4/5.
• Establish forward-thinking tech art templates, thematic direction, and guiding principles for the product's evolving UI.
• Develop unified visual patterns governing motion, FX, UI transitions, scale, and proportion across the experience.
• Determine how tech art scales across diverse platforms, balancing visual fidelity against performance constraints.
• Take ownership of tooling and asset management practices related to UI tech art for the broader team.
• Guide and support the growth of visual designers and UI artists through mentorship.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on, relevant experience as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist, ideally including UI/front-end work within games.
• Demonstrated expertise using Unreal Engine 5, especially the Material Editor and Niagara for real-time visual effects.
• Practical experience with Sequencer or comparable tools for crafting animated transitions and cinematic camera work.
• Strong understanding of real-time lighting and post-process methods and how they shape mood and atmosphere.
• Track record delivering refined hover states, micro-interactions, and motion details that elevate overall UI feel.
• Solid foundation in core technical art skills, including shader logic, texture/material optimization, and performance profiling.
• Keen sensitivity to timing, easing, and motion design principles as applied within UI contexts.
• Strong collaborative capability, able to take existing visual and UX concepts and enhance them through technical refinement.
• Comfort operating in loosely defined, exploratory situations to discover the right feel for a specific screen or moment.
• Solid communication skills with working English fluency at B2 level or higher, supporting clear understanding of business needs and their translation into technical solutions.

Requirements

• Familiarity with AI assistant tools to support and enhance creative workflows.
• Background working within the gaming industry on comparable projects.
• Experience developing reusable or modular VFX and material systems suited for use across expansive UI surfaces.
• Background in cinematics, trailer production, or environmental mood and lighting design.
• Understanding of UMG and how UI logic connects with material and VFX systems.