Unreal UI Engineer - C++ UI Architect & MVVM

Nimble Workforce; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nimble Workforce is seeking a UI Engineer with strong C++ fundamentals and professional Unreal Engine experience to architect, implement, optimize, and maintain UI systems for our AAA development partner.

The UI architecture is C++-driven; candidates with Blueprint-heavy backgrounds may not meet the required technical baseline. The role emphasizes data-driven UI using MVVM, performance debugging, and collaboration across UI Art, UX Design, production, and other engineers on multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ programming skills with professional experience.
• Proficient Unreal Engine development experience.
• Experience building data-driven UI architectures (MVVM, MVC).
• Ability to diagnose bugs and performance issues in UI and gameplay systems.
• Experience collaborating with designers, artists, production, and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect, plan, and implement new UI systems and features.
• Write robust, maintainable C++ supporting player-facing UI.
• Work closely with UI Art, UX Design, Technical UI Design, Production, and other engineers.
• Build and maintain data-driven UI architectures using MVVM.
• Optimize existing UI systems and diagnose performance problems and hitches.
• Debug issues across UI, gameplay systems, rendering, platform behavior, and other connected systems.
• Work with UMG, Slate, and Unreal's broader UI framework.
• Integrate UI with game and online systems, including retrieving data and carrying it through application systems to the player-facing interface.
• Depending on the feature, work with existing web services, endpoints, or online subsystems.
• Implement features across PC and other supported platforms while accounting for differences in input, platform behavior, and performance.
• Participate in code review and asynchronous technical discussion across a distributed engineering organization.

Skills

C++ fundamentals

Unreal Engine

MVVM/MVC

UI development

Performance debugging

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

UMG

Slate

Unreal Insights

Blueprints

Job description

Nimble Workforce is seeking a UI Engineer with strong C++ fundamentals and professional Unreal Engine experience to architect, implement, optimize, and maintain UI systems for our AAA development partner.

The UI architecture is C++-driven; candidates with Blueprint-heavy backgrounds may not meet the required technical baseline. The role emphasizes data-driven UI using MVVM, performance debugging, and collaboration across UI Art, UX Design, production, and other engineers on multiple platforms.