Senior Tech Artist: Unreal Engine UI & VFX Expert

EPAM Systems; United States; Remote; MXN 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Employee financial programs

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling, reskilling and certication

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer and community involvement

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering. You will shape polished visual experiences across platforms, using UE5 materials, Niagara, and Sequencer for cinematic UI work. Collaborate with designers and engineers to define forward-thinking tech art templates and ensure high performance.

You will mentor junior artists, push motion details and hover states for UI, and optimize shaders and textures while maintaining real-time lighting aesthetics in dynamic projects.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist.
• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5, Material Editor and Niagara for real-time visuals.
• Experience with Sequencer for cinematic transitions and camera work.
• Strong real-time lighting and post-process knowledge shaping mood.
• Proven hover states, micro-interactions and motion details for UI.
• Solid shader logic, texture/material optimization, and performance profiling.
• Good collaboration skills and ability to translate concepts into tech solutions.
• Fluent English (B2+) for cross‑functional communication.

Responsibilities

• Build refined, high-performing technical art solutions using UI, FX, and lighting in UE4/5.
• Establish tech art templates, guiding principles for UI product development.
• Develop unified visual patterns for motion, UI transitions and scale.
• Scale tech art across platforms while balancing fidelity and performance.
• Own tooling and asset management for UI tech art and pipelines.
• Mentor visual designers and UI artists to raise quality and consistency.

Skills

UI tech artist

VFX artistry

collaboration

UI motion design

english B2

shader logic

performance profiling

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Material Editor

Niagara

Sequencer

Job description

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering. You will shape polished visual experiences across platforms, using UE5 materials, Niagara, and Sequencer for cinematic UI work. Collaborate with designers and engineers to define forward-thinking tech art templates and ensure high performance.

You will mentor junior artists, push motion details and hover states for UI, and optimize shaders and textures while maintaining real-time lighting aesthetics in dynamic projects.