Tech UI Designer

Job Description

DESIGN
What We Do
Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.
What You'll Do
Epic Games is seeking talented, experienced Technical UI Designers to work on Fortnite. In this role you will contribute to a larger vision of UI for Fortnite. You will be solving complex user theming, technical debt, diving into the world of verse and UEFN, as well as having an eye for creating UI systems that we use internally on Fortnite as well as expose to UEFN creators. You will get to work with experts in UX, UI Art, and Engineering, as well as the Unreal Engine developers and collaborate among your peers to produce systems level thinking UI.
In this role, you will
• Work on UI Systems Design, break down feature/wireframes into necessary widgets, structures, and classes; increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are followed by colleagues
• Ensure assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints. Learning to profile performance and the costs of Unreal Assets.
• Implement blueprint logic when presentation logic calls for it. Assist UI Artists where necessary in implementing special presentation behavior. Consult with UI engineers on the logic that will be in the blueprint vs native code
• Debug blueprints/UMG issues quickly using various tools and techniques
• Find ways to assist UX, UI Art, and UI engineering in organization, documentation, and building workflow improvements
What we're looking for
• Experience in building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (mobile, web, pc, consoles) or similar transferable experience
• Experience working under short deadlines and making appropriate cuts and scoping decisions.
• Experience with visual scripting languages such as Python, Lua or Blueprint.
• Experience with design softwares such as Figma and Photoshop and an eye for pixel perfect UI.
• Logical problem solver and attention to detail
• Ability to adapt your messaging to your audience.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-k2bkv0-216-73-216-43-42 in your application.