UI Engineer – Game Industry

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Design, plan, and execute new user interface systems and functionalities

• Develop reliable and maintainable C++ code to support player-facing UI

• Collaborate with UI Art, UX Design, Technical UI Design, Production, and fellow engineers

• Construct and uphold data-driven UI architectures utilizing patterns such as MVVM

• Enhance UI systems and troubleshoot performance issues and glitches

• Resolve issues across UI, gameplay systems, rendering, platform behaviors, and interconnected systems

• Work with UMG, Slate, and the wider UI framework of Unreal

• Integrate UI with game and online systems, sourcing data through application systems to player-facing interfaces

• Collaborate with existing web services, endpoints, or online subsystems as required

• Implement features across PC and other supported platforms, considering input, platform behavior, and performance variations

• Engage in code reviews and asynchronous technical discussions within a distributed engineering team

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient C++ programming skills

• Strong programming fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, architecture, and software design patterns

• Professional experience in Unreal Engine development

• Ability to articulate and work with architectural patterns such as MVVM, MVC, or similar methodologies that distinguish data, logic, and presentation

• Professional background in developing UI systems or player-facing features

• Solid understanding of UI development principles, distinct from general gameplay programming experience

• Experience in diagnosing bugs, performance issues, and runtime challenges

• Proven experience working collaboratively with designers, artists, production staff, and engineers beyond the immediate discipline

• Excellent written communication skills for code reviews, asynchronous problem-solving, technical documentation, and distributed development

• Extensive hands-on UI experience and a strong grasp of UI architecture and best practices for gameplay or generalist engineering candidates

• Preferred: familiarity with UMG and Slate

• Preferred: experience utilizing Unreal Insights

• Preferred: knowledge of networking concepts, online subsystems, or web services

• Preferred: experience in consuming or extending existing service endpoints

• Preferred: background in developing UI across multiple platforms

• Preferred: experience in console development

• Preferred: mobile development experience, including iOS or Android

• Preferred: experience supporting various input methods such as controller, mouse and keyboard, and touch

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

• Flexible work hours and remote work options

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement

• Collaborative and inclusive work environment