Contract Technical UI/UX Designer - Video Games

Role Overview

Contract Technical UI/UX Designer (Video Games) (United States, fully remote). You will design and implement immersive, player-facing in-game interfaces directly in the engine, bridging creative design and technical execution.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize in-game UI for a seamless player experience
• Build static and animated interfaces that communicate gameplay information clearly
• Implement UI designs directly in Unreal Engine, ensuring consistency in style, placement, functionality, and underlying data structures
• Ensure UI is readable, accessible, responsive, and optimized across platforms
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and artists to deliver polished UI aligned with creative direction and production timelines
• Iterate through testing, refinement, and quality improvements throughout development cycles
• Identify, implement, document, and promote UI Blueprint architecture best practices and workflows
• Balance performance, usability, accessibility, and visual quality while solving technical/design challenges

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in technical UI design for video games or similar interactive environments
• Strong proficiency with Unreal Engine and Blueprint scripting
• Experience creating complex real-time UI and implementing it in-engine
• Strong understanding of UI systems, engine technologies, optimization principles, and data structures
• Creative + technical problem solving with attention to usability, accessibility, and performance
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex technical/design challenges
• Comfort collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and iterating under production constraints
• Motion/UI animation familiarity and/or in-engine UI materials is a plus

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of motion design, UI animation, in-engine UI materials
• Programming experience such as C++ or C#
• Familiarity with game accessibility standards
• Experience with atmospheric/horror game environments

Compensation & Location

• Fully remote contract across the United States
• $44–$58 USD/hour (hourly rate varies by location/experience/qualifications)