Lead UI Tech Designer (Unreal Engine)

We are looking for a Lead UI Tech Designer to bridge design and engineering by building scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine with a focus on architecture, performance, and game feel. You will translate wireframes into reusable widgets and navigation flows while partnering closely across disciplines—apply to help ship polished, responsive UI experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design UI system architecture by decomposing features and wireframes into widgets, structures, and classes

• Build reusable and extensible widget libraries that enable consistent, scalable UI development

• Implement wireframe layouts using appropriate widget classes to unblock visual styling workflows

• Translate UX and visual design needs into clear technical requirements for engineering partners

• Ensure player input mapping is responsive and supports appropriate game feel across UI flows

• Own UI performance by profiling UMG, Slate, C++, and texture memory costs within CPU and memory budgets

• Write Blueprint presentation logic and advise what belongs in Blueprint versus native code

• Debug Blueprint and UMG issues quickly using fault-isolation techniques

• Coordinate documentation, organization, and workflow improvements across UX, UI art, and UI engineering

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a UI Tech Designer, Technical UI Artist, or similar hybrid role

• Proven leadership skills bridging design and engineering to align technical and UX goals

• Strong project ownership skills to drive ambiguous UI system problems to shippable solutions

• Deep Unreal Engine 5 experience with UMG, Slate, and Blueprints on shipped UI screens and flows

• Strong UI systems design skills to create reusable, extensible widgets, structures, and classes

• Solid UI performance knowledge across memory and CPU constraints in real-time engines

• Proven navigation and state management experience for complex, context-dependent UI flows

• Strong style sheet and style set experience to ensure consistent theming across many screens

• Excellent collaboration skills with UX, UI art, and engineering partners

• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)

• Ability to maintain reasonable working-time overlap with clients in Cary, NC

Nice to have

• Experience building scoped or context-driven navigation systems

• Familiarity with large-scale discovery or storefront UI patterns

• Advanced Blueprint scripting beyond basic UI wiring

• Experience working with AI assistants to improve UI workflows or documentation

• Strong understanding of gaming UI conventions and interaction patterns

We offer

• International projects with top brands

• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers

• Healthcare benefits

• Employee financial programs

• Paid time off and sick leave

• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses

• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses

• Global career opportunities

• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities

• EPAM Employee Groups

• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn