Principal Tech UI Designer

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

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 a talented Principal Technical UI Designer to work on Fortnite. In this role you will contribute to a larger vision of UI for Fortnite. You will be solving and driving the vision for 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

• Collaborate closely with the UI leadership and Engineering team to drive and develop new Fortnite UI leveraging new technologies and Unreal Engine.
• Prototype and quickly iterate on proving out new concepts, features, and tools.
• Defining and setting the standards for UI that are within memory and CPU constraints.
• Mentoring other Tech UI Designers and contributing to the best practices and standards across the department.
• Developing and maintaining documentation, architecture, and other supporting assets/examples for other engineers and designers to follow and execute.

What we're looking for

• Worked on a AAA game in a Lead/ Principal or Director role
• Technical experience demonstrates a range of complex problem solving, performance improvements, tool building, and prototyping.
• Deep experience with visual scripting languages such as Python, Lua or Blueprint.
• Effective leader, collaborator, and problem solver able to coordinate with internal and external teams.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to accurately break down large ambiguous problems into manageable tasks, prototypes, and deliverables.
• Strong communication skills and understanding of various UI disciplines (UX design, UI art, Engineering, Product, and Gameplay Designers).
• You’re user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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