UI/UX Designer (Unreal Engine)

Location: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; hybrid with three days per week in the office

Salary: CAD 75,000–90,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Industries is an independent game development studio and publisher creating large-scale multiplayer games, including Squad and Starship Troopers: Extermination.

What you will do

• Design and implement performant UI directly in Unreal Engine using UMG and Blueprints.
• Create wireframes, user flows, layouts, UI art assets, and motion design elements for PC and console games.
• Translate Figma and Adobe mockups into widget hierarchies, widget Blueprints, animations, and data bindings.
• Build and maintain reusable UMG widget libraries, styles, and templates.
• Collaborate with artists, engineers, production, game design, and QA to iterate on designs and resolve implementation issues.
• Optimize and debug UI for usability, runtime performance, input, and platform-specific resolution requirements.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional experience as a UI Designer or Implementer in PC or console game development.
• Hands-on Unreal Engine UI implementation experience with UMG and Blueprint scripting for UI logic and navigation.
• Strong understanding of layout principles, usability, and interface design best practices.
• Proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience taking UI from wireframe or mockup through to a shippable UMG widget.
• Strong communication and time management skills, including the ability to explain design decisions and meet deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience with the Common UI plugin or custom UMG extensions.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine UI performance considerations.
• Experience with first-person shooters, especially FPS games built in Unreal Engine.
• Proactive approach to removing blockers and driving solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month fixed-term position with possible extension or transition to a permanent role.
• Extended health and dental benefits.
• Two weeks of paid vacation.
• Collaborative studio environment with cross-functional game development teams.