Lead UI Tech Artist, Unreal Engine 5 Mastery

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Colombia; Remote; COP 191,969,000 - 383,939,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Paid time off

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead UI Technical Artist to define tech art systems, templates, and motion language for a unified game UI across platforms. You will build reusable templates and elevate UX/UI with polished real-time effects while mentoring UI artists.

You will lead the UI tech art vision, develop cross-platform strategies balancing fidelity and performance, and collaborate with UX/UI and visual design to translate concepts into executable real-time work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist with game UI/front-end exposure.
• Proven leadership experience mentoring UI artists and visual designers.
• Strong project ownership skills for templates, tooling, and UI tech art asset management.

Responsibilities

• Define the UI tech art vision, templates, and principles that all UI artists build upon.
• Craft polished and performant UI tech art solutions using materials, UMG, animation, FX, lighting, Blueprints, and camera tools in UE4/5.
• Build consistent visual patterns for motion, FX, transitions, scale, and proportion across the UI surface.
• Plan cross-platform adaptation strategies that balance fidelity and performance.
• Own UI tech art tooling, pipelines, and asset management to improve team throughput.
• Create high-quality hover states, micro-interactions, and motion details that enhance UI feel.
• Develop reusable material and VFX systems that scale across many UI screens and states.
• Integrate 3D elements with UI using cameras, lighting, framing, and post-processing for spatial and diegetic UI.
• Optimize shaders, materials, and VFX through profiling and performance best practices.
• Collaborate closely with UX/UI and visual design to translate intent into real-time implementation.
• Prototype and iterate in ambiguous spaces to discover the right look and responsiveness.
• Mentor and review work for UI artists and visual designers to raise quality and consistency.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Unreal Engine 5

Material Editor

Niagara

Sequencer

Shader basics

UV math

Real-time lighting

Post-processing

Motion design

Collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

English (B2)

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

UMG

Niagara

Sequencer

Material Editor

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead UI Technical Artist to define tech art systems, templates, and motion language for a unified game UI across platforms. You will build reusable templates and elevate UX/UI with polished real-time effects while mentoring UI artists.

You will lead the UI tech art vision, develop cross-platform strategies balancing fidelity and performance, and collaborate with UX/UI and visual design to translate concepts into executable real-time work.