[Hiring] Senior Technical UI Artist @EPAM Systems

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Technical UI Artist to bridge the gap between UI design and real-time engine implementation, crafting polished interfaces, motion systems, and visual effects that elevate the player experience.

• Transform UX wireframes into polished UI designs, prototypes, design systems, and style guides using Figma, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Implement final UI in UE5 through UMG, Slate, widget animations, Material Editor, Niagara, Level Sequencer, and basic Blueprint logic.
• Build and maintain menus, HUD, UI materials, shaders, VFX, animations, transitions, micro-interactions, and motion systems.
• Establish reusable UI frameworks, material functions, VFX, motion templates, and asset libraries.
• Apply cameras, lighting, and post-processing where 3D meets UI (spatial/diegetic UI).
• Optimize UI assets across PC, console, and mobile platforms, including texture atlasing, shader cost, and performance profiling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in UI Art, UI Tech Art, Technical Art, or Game UI Development.
• Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 UI workflows.
• Expertise in UMG, Slate, Material Editor, Niagara, Blueprints, and Sequencer.
• Skills in shaders, materials, and real-time VFX.
• Understanding of UI animation, motion design, timing, easing, micro-interactions, and transition design.
• Background in shader development, texture optimization, atlasing, and performance profiling.
• Familiarity with cross-platform UI scaling.
• Understanding of lighting, post-processing, cameras, and spatial/diegetic UI in real-time rendering.
• Strong visual design fundamentals in typography, composition, hierarchy, iconography, and branding.
• Portfolio demonstrating UI/UX visual design, iconography, texturing, and in-engine motion/FX work.
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher.