Principal Tech UI Designer

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 202,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video game developer in Metro Vancouver is looking for a Principal Technical UI Designer to enhance the UI for Fortnite. This role requires collaboration with various teams to develop cutting-edge UI, solve complex problems, and mentor junior designers. Candidates should have experience in AAA game development, strong leadership skills, and proficiency in visual scripting languages. The company offers a competitive salary range of CAD 202,475 — CAD 269,967 and extensive benefits.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Mental well-being programs offering free therapy

Qualifications

• Experience in a Lead/Principal or Director role on a AAA game.
• Deep experience with visual scripting languages like Python, Lua, or Blueprint.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to break down large tasks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with UI leadership and Programming team to develop new Fortnite UI.
• Prototype and iterate on new concepts and features.
• Set standards for UI within memory and CPU constraints.
• Mentor other Tech UI Designers.
• Develop and maintain documentation and assets for the team.

Skills

Complex problem solving

Performance improvements

Tool building

Prototyping

Visual scripting languages (Python, Lua, Blueprint)

Strong communication skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Job description

Overview

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.

What We Do

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You\'ll Do

What You'll Do

Epic Games is seeking a talented Principal Technical UI Designer to work on Fortnite. In this role you will contribute to a larger vision of UI for Fortnite. You will be solving and driving the vision for complex user theming, technical debt, diving into the world of verse and UEFN, as well as having an eye for creating UI systems that we use internally on Fortnite as well as expose to UEFN creators. You will get to work with experts in UX, UI Art, and Programming, as well as the Unreal Engine developers and collaborate among your peers to produce systems level thinking UI.

In this role, you will

• Collaborate closely with the UI leadership and Programming team to drive and develop new Fortnite UI leveraging new technologies and Unreal Engine.
• Prototype and quickly iterate on proving out new concepts, features, and tools.
• Defining and setting the standards for UI that are within memory and CPU constraints.
• Mentoring other Tech UI Designers and contributing to the best practices and standards across the department.
• Developing and maintaining documentation, architecture, and other supporting assets/examples for other programmers and designers to follow and execute.

What we\'re looking for

• Worked on a AAA game in a Lead/ Principal or Director role
• Technical experience demonstrates a range of complex problem solving, performance improvements, tool building, and prototyping.
• Deep experience with visual scripting languages such as Python, Lua or Blueprint.
• Effective leader, collaborator, and problem solver able to coordinate with internal and external teams.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to accurately break down large ambiguous problems into manageable tasks, prototypes, and deliverables.
• Strong communication skills and understanding of various UI disciplines (UX design, UI art, Programming, Product, and Gameplay Designers).
• You’re user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.

Epic Life and Benefits

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency

British Columbia Base Pay Range $202,475 — $269,967 CAD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Note: Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.