Principal UI/UX Engineer (Game Development)

Location: UK remote or West Midlands-based

Company

hirify.global is an independent game developer studio based just outside Birmingham, creating games for AAA titles and working with established studio and publisher partners.

What you will do

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize complex UI/UX systems and accessible player-facing features.
• Collaborate with design and art teams to turn experience goals into production-ready technical solutions.
• Develop and optimize console features, including porting, platform integration, and compliance work.
• Build scalable systems for game customization, in-game editors, procedural content, and development tools.
• Profile, debug, and optimize UI, game systems, and platform performance while resolving critical bottlenecks.
• Provide technical direction, review solutions, share knowledge, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience developing UI/UX, console, and game systems in a game-development environment.
• Expertise with relevant game-engine and custom-engine development environments.
• Experience with console porting, platform requirements, and Technical Requirement Checklist compliance.
• Strong knowledge of optimization, profiling, test-driven development, and scalable software architecture.
• Experience with procedural systems, in-game editors, game-customization systems, or Houdini-integrated workflows.
• Excellent technical problem-solving, communication, and mentoring skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Friendly, nurturing environment with opportunities to build games alongside an experienced studio.
• Work on market-leading AAA titles and established intellectual property.
• Join a sustainably growing independent game developer with varied internal and external projects.
• Learn across a wide range of game-development opportunities.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this opportunity.

Hiring process

• Submit a portfolio and cover letter.
• Provide an online portfolio or secure showreel; work created at another studio must be cleared for release by the copyright owners.