Senior UI Technical Artist; Unreal Engine

We are seeking a Senior UI Technical Artist to define the tech art systems, materials, and motion language that unify and scale a forward-looking game UI across platforms. You will elevate visual and UX designs with polished, performant solutions and mentor UI artists.

• Define UI tech art systems, templates, thematics, and principles for a scalable UI style
• Build highly polished and performant UI tech art solutions using materials, UMG, animation, FX, lighting, blueprints, and camera tools
• Establish consistent visual patterns for motion, FX, transitions, scale, and proportion
• Create animated UI transitions and cinematic camera moves using Sequencer and related tools
• Plan UI tech art adaptation across platforms, balancing fidelity, memory, and performance
• Own UI tech art tooling, pipelines, and asset management to improve team efficiency
• Mentor UI artists and visual designers to align execution with the shared motion and material language
• Integrate 3D and UI workflows, including spatial and diegetic UI, cameras, and framing
• Optimize shaders, textures, and materials through profiling and real-time performance tuning
• Collaborate with designers to refine micro-interactions and ensure a premium UI feel

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist in games
• Senior-level mentorship skills for guiding UI artists and visual designers
• Strong cross-platform planning skills balancing visual fidelity and performance
• Expert Unreal Engine 5 skills, including Material Editor and Niagara
• Advanced Sequencer skills for animated transitions and cinematic camera moves
• Strong shader and UV math skills, including material functions/systems and optimization
• Solid 3D and UI integration skills across cameras, lighting, framing, and post-processing
• Strong real-time lighting and post-process knowledge for mood and atmosphere
• Proven motion design skills for timing, easing, micro-interactions, and hover states
• Excellent collaboration skills to elevate established UX and visual designs
• High comfort with ambiguity in exploratory iteration to find the right feel
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2) proficiency in speaking and collaboration

• Experience with reusable or modular VFX and material systems across large UI surfaces
• Familiarity with UMG UI logic interacting with material and VFX systems
• Experience with AI Assistants to accelerate prototyping, documentation, or tooling workflows
• Background in gaming cinema tics, trailers, or environmental mood and lighting design