Senior Unreal UI Architect: Scalable Systems & Performance

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Cary (NC); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Upskilling and certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. in Cary, NC is seeking a Senior UI Technical Designer to bridge design and engineering by building scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine. You’ll translate wireframes into reusable widgets and robust flows, partnering with cross‑discipline teammates to ship polished interfaces.

You’ll own UI performance and collaborate with UX, UI art, and engineering to evolve pipelines and tools for faster iteration.

Qualifications

• 3 years of professional experience in a UI Tech Designer, Technical UI Artist, or similar hybrid role.
• Deep Unreal Engine 5 experience with UMG, Slate, and Blueprints on shipped UI screens and flows.
• Strong leadership skills to own ambiguous foundational UI problems and drive them to shippable solutions.
• Proven project experience designing navigation flows and screen-to-screen relationships in a live product.
• Strong UI performance knowledge for real-time engines including memory and CPU constraints.
• Solid game math knowledge including basic algebra and geometry.
• Strong programming fundamentals with visual scripting (Blueprints)

Responsibilities

• Design UI system architecture by breaking features and wireframes into widgets, structures, and classes.
• Build reusable and extensible widget templates that support efficient iteration and styling.
• Prototype UX and visual concepts and translate design intent into actionable technical requirements.
• Implement responsive player input mapping and tune interaction feel to match gameplay expectations.
• Own UI performance by profiling costs and texture memory within constraints.
• Write Blueprint presentation logic and advise what belongs in Blueprint versus native code.
• Document UI systems and improve organization and pipelines across UX, UI art, and engineering.

Skills

Unreal Engine 5

UI system design

Blueprints scripting

C++ basics

Problem-solving

Tools

UMG

Slate

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. in Cary, NC is seeking a Senior UI Technical Designer to bridge design and engineering by building scalable UI systems in Unreal Engine. You’ll translate wireframes into reusable widgets and robust flows, partnering with cross‑discipline teammates to ship polished interfaces.

You’ll own UI performance and collaborate with UX, UI art, and engineering to evolve pipelines and tools for faster iteration.