Senior UI Engineer (Unreal Engine 5)

We are looking for a Senior UI Engineer to help deliver a AAA fighting game UI in Unreal Engine 5, building performant and scalable systems across frontend and in-match experiences in a highly collaborative team. If you thrive in evolving UI art direction and production delivery, apply to join us.

Responsibilities

• Implement UI features and systems in Unreal Engine 5 using CommonUI, UMG, and Slate
• Build and maintain reusable UI components, widgets, input patterns, and interaction systems
• Partner with UX Designers, UI Tech Designers, and UI Artists to translate flows, prototypes, and visual designs into shippable in-engine UI
• Support frontend UI and in-match gameplay UI, including 2D UI, 3D-anchored 2D-rendered UI, and UI interactions with frontend scene actors
• Optimize UI performance, responsiveness, memory usage, load behavior, and input handling across supported platforms
• Integrate UI with gameplay systems, backend-facing services, progression systems, engagement systems, and publishing workflows as needed
• Implement UI animation, transitions, and effects using Unreal-native workflows such as UMG, Sequencer, Blueprints, and materials where appropriate
• Ensure UI works across a mobile-centric, multi-platform environment within the ecosystem
• Collaborate with sound and VFX teams to deliver polished UI feedback and call-to-action effects
• Participate in technical reviews, debugging, profiling, documentation, and production support
• Support seasonal updates, live operations, and post-release maintenance

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience implementing UI in Unreal Engine
• Hands-on experience with UE5 CommonUI, UMG, and Slate
• Strong C++ skills in Unreal Engine environments
• Experience with Blueprint-based UI workflows and designer-facing patterns
• Proven ability to build modular, reusable, and scalable UI systems
• Solid understanding of responsive UI, input abstraction, controller support, touch input, and multi-platform UI behavior
• Experience optimizing UI for performance-sensitive, real-time applications
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex game UI environments
• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills with UX, art, technical design, gameplay engineering, production, sound, and VFX teams
• Adaptability to evolving UI direction, art style, and systems in production
• Proficiency in English: B2 (Upper-Intermediate)

Nice to have

• Experience on 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 design tools such as Figma and HTML prototypes
• Experience integrating UI animation, materials, sound cues, and VFX-style feedback
• Experience using approved AI-assisted development tools in a professional production environment

We offer

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