Senior Technical Artist: Unreal Engine UI/FX Craft Leader

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling and certification courses

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering, shaping polished, high-performing visuals across platforms. The role blends creative flair with technical depth and mentors visual designers and UI artists within a collaborative studio setting.

You will craft advanced tech art tooling, templates, and patterns, ensuring consistent motion, FX, UI transitions, and camera work using UE4/5. A strong background in real-time lighting and shader optimization is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist in games.
• Proven Unreal Engine 5 expertise with Material Editor and Niagara for real-time VFX.
• Experience with Sequencer for animated transitions and cinematic work.
• Strong understanding of real-time lighting and post-process effects.

Responsibilities

• Build refined, high-performing technical art solutions across UI, VFX, lighting, and camera systems in UE4/5.
• Develop unified visual patterns governing motion, FX, UI transitions, scale, and proportion.
• Scale tech art across platforms balancing fidelity and performance.
• Own tooling and asset management for UI tech art; mentor visual designers and UI artists.

Skills

Unreal Engine 5

Material Editor

Niagara

Sequencer

Real-time lighting

Motion design principles

UI/UX collaboration

Shader logic

Texture/material optimization

English communication

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering, shaping polished, high-performing visuals across platforms. The role blends creative flair with technical depth and mentors visual designers and UI artists within a collaborative studio setting.

You will craft advanced tech art tooling, templates, and patterns, ensuring consistent motion, FX, UI transitions, and camera work using UE4/5. A strong background in real-time lighting and shader optimization is essential.