Lead Unreal Engine UI Architect & Systems Designer

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead UI Tech Designer to bridge design and engineering by building scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine.

You will translate wireframes into reusable widgets and navigation flows while partnering across UX, UI art, and UI engineering teams to ship polished, responsive UI experiences. You will design UI system architecture, build widget libraries, and implement wireframes using UMG, Slate, and Blueprints.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in a UI design/tech role bridging design and engineering.
• Proven leadership bridging design and engineering to align technical and UX goals.
• Deep Unreal Engine 5 experience with UMG, Slate, and Blueprints on shipped UI screens and flows.
• Strong UI systems design skills to create reusable, extensible widgets, structures, and classes.
• Solid UI performance knowledge across memory and CPU constraints in real-time engines.

Responsibilities

• Design UI system architecture by decomposing features and wireframes into widgets, structures, and classes.
• Build reusable and extensible widget libraries for consistent UI development.
• Implement wireframe layouts using appropriate widget classes to unblock visual styling workflows.
• Translate UX and visual design needs into technical requirements for engineering partners.
• Ensure player input mapping is responsive and supports game feel across UI flows.
• Own UI performance by profiling UMG, Slate, C++, and texture memory costs within CPU/memory budgets.
• Write Blueprint presentation logic and advise what belongs in Blueprint vs native code.
• Debug Blueprint and UMG issues quickly using fault-isolation techniques.
• Coordinate documentation, organization, and workflow improvements across UX, UI art, and UI engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Project ownership

Unreal Engine 5

UMG / Slate / Blueprints

C++

UI systems design

State management

Navigation design

Performance optimization

Collaboration

English proficiency

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

UMG/Slate

Blueprints

C++

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead UI Tech Designer to bridge design and engineering by building scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine.

You will translate wireframes into reusable widgets and navigation flows while partnering across UX, UI art, and UI engineering teams to ship polished, responsive UI experiences. You will design UI system architecture, build widget libraries, and implement wireframes using UMG, Slate, and Blueprints.