Senior Technical UI Designer

Epic Games•Cary, NC

About The Position

WHAT MAKES US EPIC? At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development. UX DESIGN What We Do We design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative, while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. We approach the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions. What You'll Do Epic Games is looking for talented, experienced Senior Technical UI designers to work on Rocket League. In this position, you will have a role as a collaborative team member implementing UI systems design in Unreal engine, building rapid prototypes, layouts, visual scripting, and leveling up our workflows. You will work with UX Designers, UI Artists, and UI Programmers to ship these features to millions of users around the world. The ideal candidate would have expertise in basic algebra and geometry math ("Game math"), game systems, and basic programming principles.

Requirements

Experience in building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (mobile, web, pc, consoles). Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
Experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence. Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
Professional experience using Adobe Suite (especially Photoshop, Illustrator a plus), have engine experience (Custom engine, Unity, Unreal Engine, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.), and an understanding of game industry
3D-package experience (3D Studio, Maya, etc.)
You have an eye for pixel perfect UI, translating and spotting various potential issues with mockups as you help see the designs into the engine
You are a logical problem solver who pays a lot of attention to detail and has excellent written and communication skills
You can "translate" communication across departments (i.e., talk to Programming about UI Art needs, summarize technical issues, etc), but also have empathy for non-technical team members and the ability to empower others on your team
UI work on 2+ AAA game titles

Nice To Haves

C++
scripting experience
experience with building materials/shaders in Unreal or equivalent

Responsibilities

Work on UI Systems Design, break down feature/wireframe into necessary widgets, materials, and input navigation; increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are being followed by colleagues
Ensure assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints. Learn to profile performance and the costs of UMG/Slate/C++/and texture memory
Implement blueprint logic when presentation logic calls for it.
Assist UI Artists where necessary to implement special presentation behaviour.
Consult with UI Programmers on what logic will be in blueprint vs 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

Benefits

We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match.
We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks.
We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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