Lead UI Engineer (Unreal Engine 5)

LEAD UI ENGINEER (EPAM SYSTEMS)

🕹 AAA Fighting Game
🧠 Lead
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote

🦄 Description
EPAM Systems is looking for a Lead UI Engineer to help deliver production-ready UI systems for a AAA fighting game built in Unreal Engine 5.
The role focuses on fast, scalable, and polished player experiences across frontend, engagement systems, and in-match gameplay UI, working closely with UX, UI Art, UI Tech Design, gameplay, VFX, sound, and publishing teams.

🚀 Responsibilities
• Implement UI features and systems in Unreal Engine 5 using CommonUI, UMG, and Slate
• Build reusable UI components, widgets, input patterns, and interaction systems
• Translate UX flows, prototypes, and visual designs into shippable in-engine UI
• Deliver frontend UI and in-match gameplay UI
• Create 2D UI and 3D-anchored 2D-rendered UI
• Create UI animations, transitions, and effects using UMG, Sequencer, Blueprints, and materials
• Optimize UI performance, responsiveness, memory usage, loading behavior, and input handling
• Integrate UI with gameplay systems, backend-facing services, progression systems, engagement systems, and publishing workflows
• Coordinate with sound and VFX teams to deliver polished UI feedback
• Run technical reviews, debugging, profiling, and documentation
• Support seasonal updates, live operations, and post-release UI maintenance

📚 Required Skills
• 5+ years of professional experience building UI in Unreal Engine
• At least 1 year of leadership experience
• Strong collaboration skills with UX, UI Art, UI Tech Design, gameplay, sound, VFX, and publishing teams
• Production experience delivering UI systems from pre-production to production
• Strong Unreal Engine 5 CommonUI, UMG, and Slate skills
• Strong Unreal Engine C++ skills for UI implementation and integration
• Solid Blueprint-based UI workflow knowledge
• Experience with designer-facing implementation patterns
• Strong knowledge of responsive UI and input abstraction
• Experience with controller support, touch input, and multi-platform behavior
• Proven UI performance optimization skills for real-time applications
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex game UI environments
• Excellent written and spoken English at B2+ level

👍 Nice to Have
• Experience with AAA, live-service, multiplayer, fighting, action, or competitive games
• Experience with mobile-first game UI
• Experience supporting seasonal content updates or live publishing pipelines
• Familiarity with Figma and HTML prototypes
• Experience integrating UI animation, materials, sound cues, and VFX-style feedback
• Experience using approved AI-assisted development tools in professional production

🍪 What we offer
• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled and diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling, and certification courses
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture

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