Senior UI Technical Designer

Job Description

UX DESIGN

What We Do

We design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative, while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. We approach the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a Senior Tech UI Designer to join our Fortnite Battle Royale Quest team. In this job, you will have a role as a collaborative team member implementing UI systems design in Unreal engine, building rapid prototypes, layouts, game scripts, and leveling up our workflows. You will work with UX Designers, Visual Designers, and UI Programmers to ship these features to millions of users around the world.

In this role, you will
• Layout wireframes with appropriate widget classes so visual designers can begin styling
• Rapidly prototype designs made by the Visual & UX Designers
• Work with UX & Visual Design to identify needs and communicate the technical requirements of those needs to programmers
• Work with UX to ensure UI player input is correctly mapped, responsive, and has appropriate game feel
• Increase UI performance by ensuring colleagues follow best practices and that UI assets are within memory constraints
• Able to profile performance without programming help at senior levels and debug blueprints/UMG issues quickly using fault isolation techniques
• Implement blueprint logic when presentation logic calls for it. Assist Visual Designers where necessary to implement special presentation behavior. Consult with UI Programmers on what logic will be in blueprints vs native code

What we're looking for
• You have 7+ years of experience working collaboratively to see complex UI features through to completion across multiple platforms (Mobile, PC, Consoles)
• You have 7+ years of experience working in Agile environments and on multi-disciplinary teams
• 2+ years of experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence
• Expertise in basic vector math (''Game math''), game systems, and basic programming principles
• Professional experience using Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator is a plus), game engine experience (Unreal 4 or 5, custom engine, Unity, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.), and game industry 3D-package experience (3D Studio, Maya, etc.)
• You have experience delivering pixel-perfect UI in engine and leveling up the design and motion graphics experience in ways designers didn't think of
• You are a logical problem solver who pays a lot of attention to detail and has excellent written and communication skills
• You are a proactive individual who naturally leans into owning outcomes from start to finish while also being able to deal with ambiguity in an ever-changing environment
• You can translate communication across departments (i.e talk to programming about visual design needs, summarize technical issues, etc), but also have empathy for non-technical team members and the ability to empower others on your team

Bonus Points
• UI work on 2+ AAA game titles.
• You can write in C++
• Scripting experience
• Experience with building materials/shaders in Unreal Engine
• Experience with Unreal Engine (even more points for Unreal Motion Graphics UI Designer experience)
• You've built and refined UI art pipelines

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

Washington Base Pay Range

$169,829 — $232,298 USD

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