Senior UI Tech Artist: Unreal Engine Motion & Systems

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior UI Technical Artist to define UI tech art systems and drive a scalable UI style across platforms. You will mentor UI artists, polish visuals and UX, and collaborate with designers to refine micro-interactions for a premium feel.

You will build and optimize materials, animation, and lighting using Unreal Engine 5, Sequencer, and VFX tools, ensuring performance across diverse devices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as Technical Artist/UI Tech Artist/VFX Artist in games.
• Senior-level mentorship for UI artists and designers.
• Cross-platform planning balancing fidelity and performance.
• Unreal Engine 5: Material Editor and Niagara.
• Sequencer for animated transitions and cinematic camera moves.
• Shader/UV math and optimization expertise.
• 3D and UI integration across cameras, lighting, framing, and post-processing.
• Real-time lighting and post-process knowledge for mood.
• Collaboration to elevate UX and visual designs.
• Comfort with ambiguity during exploratory iteration.
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2) proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Define UI tech art systems, templates, thematics, and principles for a scalable UI style.
• Build 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.
• 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

UI Tech Art

Mentorship

Cross-platform planning

Real-time lighting

Motion design timing

Collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

English proficiency

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Material Editor

Niagara

Sequencer

Job description

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior UI Technical Artist to define UI tech art systems and drive a scalable UI style across platforms. You will mentor UI artists, polish visuals and UX, and collaborate with designers to refine micro-interactions for a premium feel.

You will build and optimize materials, animation, and lighting using Unreal Engine 5, Sequencer, and VFX tools, ensuring performance across diverse devices.