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Lead UI Engineer

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14 days ago
San Mateo, CA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$134k - $198k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical direction for the UI of a AAA multiplayer project and leadership for the UI engineering team.
  • Design and implement flexible, scalable, accessible, and high-performance UI systems using Unreal Engine frameworks.
  • Manage asynchronous asset handling and integration with latent backend services such as inventory, matchmaking, and live telemetry.
  • Optimize UI performance, memory budgets, GPU usage, and high-framerate experiences across display devices and consoles.
  • Ensure UI implementations satisfy first-party PlayStation and Xbox certification requirements.
  • Build globally deployable UI supporting text scaling, diverse fonts, complex string tables, and right-to-left languages.
  • Implement accessibility features and data-driven, server-configurable UI layouts and live content.
  • Mentor UI engineers, conduct code reviews, and improve UI/UX development workflows.
  • Collaborate with design, production, engineering, and cross-disciplinary teams on new features.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional game programming experience.
  • At least two shipped AAA titles in a Senior or Lead UI role.
  • Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine UI systems, including CommonUI, UMG, Slate, and MVVM patterns.
  • Expert C++ programming skills involving asynchronous data handling, memory management, and C++/Blueprint interoperability.
  • Direct experience resolving UI-related console certification issues for PlayStation and/or Xbox.
  • Practical understanding of the Unreal material pipeline for performant UI materials and shaders.
  • Live-service or free-to-play experience with commerce UI, dynamic content delivery, and player conversion funnels is beneficial.
  • Experience with multiplayer shooters, action RPGs, or competitive games is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Regular full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
  • Benefits include 14 paid holidays, 15–25 days of paid vacation or participation in a discretionary time off program, and up to 10 paid sick days annually.
  • Paid parental and compassionate leave are available.
  • Wellbeing, mental health, family planning through Maven, commuter, and fitness reimbursement benefits are available.
  • The compensation package may include bonus or equity awards, 401(k) participation, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Tech Stack

C++Maven

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