Senior UI Tech Artist (Unreal) – Core UI Systems & Motion

EPAM Systems; México; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Learning & development

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Employee Groups

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior UI Technical Artist to define tech art systems and materials that unify a scalable game UI across platforms. You will elevate visuals and UX, mentor UI artists, and drive polished, performant solutions.

You will collaborate with global teams, optimize shaders, and shape motion language while balancing fidelity with memory constraints. Strong English communication and cross-disciplinary teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Cross-platform planning

Collaboration

Problem solving

English communication

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Material Editor

Niagara

Sequencer

UMG

Shader optimization

Job description

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior UI Technical Artist to define tech art systems and materials that unify a scalable game UI across platforms. You will elevate visuals and UX, mentor UI artists, and drive polished, performant solutions.

You will collaborate with global teams, optimize shaders, and shape motion language while balancing fidelity with memory constraints. Strong English communication and cross-disciplinary teamwork are essential.