Senior UI Tech Artist: Craft Scalable Motion & Materials

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Employee financial programs

Paid time off and sick leave

Upskilling, reskilling and certificate

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer and community involvement

EPAM Employee Groups

Award-winning culture

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior UI Technical Artist to define the UI tech art systems, templates, and motion language that unify a scalable game UI across platforms.

You will elevate visuals and UX with polished, performant solutions and mentor UI artists. Responsibilities include building UI tech art solutions with materials, UMG, animation, FX, lighting, blueprints, and camera tools; establishing consistent motion patterns; optimizing shaders and textures through profiling; and

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.
• 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.
• Excellent collaboration skills to elevate established UX and visual designs.
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2) proficiency.

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

Unreal Engine 5

Mentoring

Cross-Platform Planning

Material Editor

Niagara

Sequencer

Shaders & UV Math

UI & 3D Integration

Real-time Lighting

Post-Processing

Motion Design

Collaboration

Ambiguity Tolerance

English Proficiency

Tools

UMG

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior UI Technical Artist to define the UI tech art systems, templates, and motion language that unify a scalable game UI across platforms.

You will elevate visuals and UX with polished, performant solutions and mentor UI artists. Responsibilities include building UI tech art solutions with materials, UMG, animation, FX, lighting, blueprints, and camera tools; establishing consistent motion patterns; optimizing shaders and textures through profiling; and