We are looking for a Senior UI Technical Artist to define the UI tech art systems, materials, and motion language that unify a game UI experience across platforms. You will build reusable templates and polished real-time effects in Unreal Engine while mentoring UI artists.

Responsibilities

- Define the technical art direction for UI materials, motion language, and reusable patterns

- Build highly polished and performant UI tech art solutions using materials, UMG, animation, FX, blueprints, lighting, and camera tools in UE4/5

- Create templates, thematics, and principles that scale across the UI surface and multiple platforms

- Design consistent visual behaviors for transitions, scale, proportion, and interactive feedback

- Plan platform adaptation strategies that balance visual fidelity with runtime performance

- Own UI tech art tooling, pipelines, and asset management to keep production efficient and consistent

- Mentor UI artists and visual designers by sharing best practices and raising craft standards

- Prototype and iterate on hover states, micro-interactions, and motion details that improve UI feel

- Use Sequencer and related tools to deliver camera-driven UI moments and cinematic transitions

- Optimize shaders, textures, and materials to meet performance targets without sacrificing quality

- Partner with UX and UI design to integrate systems cleanly and maintain visual consistency

Requirements

- 5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist, UI Tech Artist, or VFX Artist with game UI/front-end exposure

- Strong Unreal Engine 5 experience with Material Editor and Niagara for real-time VFX





- Advanced Sequencer experience for animated transitions and cinematic camera moves

- Expert material systems knowledge including material functions and shader logic

- Advanced UV math skills for complex material and UI effects work

- Strong 3D modeling skills and fluency where 3D meets UI (cameras, lighting, framing)

- Solid real-time lighting and post-process knowledge for mood and atmosphere

- Proven performance optimization skills including profiling and content tuning

- Strong motion design skills including timing, easing, and micro-interactions

- Excellent collaboration skills to elevate established UX/UI designs with technical polish

- High comfort with ambiguous exploratory work to find the right feel for moments and screens

- English proficiency: B2 Upper-Intermediate

Nice to have

- Experience building reusable or modular VFX and material systems for large UI surfaces

- Background in cinematics, trailer work, or environmental mood and lighting design

- Familiarity with UMG workflows and how UI logic interacts with materials and VFX systems

- Experience with AI Assistants in game development workflows

- Gaming industry domain knowledge

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

- General career opportunities

- Volunteer and community involvement opportunities

- EPAM Employee Groups

- Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

📌 Senior UI Technical Artist (Unreal Engine 5) (Argentina)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Argentina