UI Engineer Level 2

Flix Interactive Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A game development studio is seeking a talented UI Engineer based in Birmingham or remotely in the UK. This role focuses on creating polished and performant game UIs for Unreal Engine projects. Applicants should have 2-4 years of frontend development experience and familiarity with UI frameworks like Coherent Gameface. The environment promotes collaboration, creativity, and support among passionate team members.

Benefits

Friendly work environment

Opportunity to work on engaging projects

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in modern frontend development.
• Experience with Coherent Gameface or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of component-driven UI architecture.
• Familiarity with animations and web performance.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Implement UI interactions and ensure responsive behavior.
• Translate UI designs into functioning interfaces.
• Integrate UI with Unreal Engine systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and support team improvements.
• Debug and optimize UI for performance.

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

TypeScript

UI architecture

Unreal Engine

Gameface UI

React

UI debugging

Responsive layout

Tools

Unreal Engine Blueprints

Unreal UI (UMG)

Job description

Overview

UK Remote or West Midlands Based – Birmingham/ Full-Time Contractor

Please Note: We welcome applicants that prefer to work from home, so please get in touch!

Role and Purpose: We are looking for a talented and motivated UI Engineer with solid frontend development experience to help create polished, performant game UI using Coherent Gameface for our Unreal Engine projects. This role is ideal for someone who has already shipped UI features, is confident with modern web technologies, and is ready to take ownership of existing UI systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement UI interactions such as gamepad navigation and keyboard inputs using the Gameface Interaction Manager.
• Work closely with Designers and Gameplay Engineers to translate UI mockups and prototypes into functioning game interfaces.
• Integrate UI with Unreal Engine systems, ensuring reliable data flow and gameplay connection.
• Debug, profile, and optimise UI for performance and memory efficiency across multiple platforms.
• Contribute to improving UI workflows, documentation, and reusable component patterns.
• Diagnose and fix defects and support the team in doing so.
• Mentor junior engineers and support seniors, suggesting and acting on process improvements.
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and Gameface/Unreal advances.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in modern frontend development (HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript).
• Experience building UI with Coherent Gameface or similar web-based UI frameworks embedded in games.
• Strong understanding of component-driven UI architecture.
• Familiarity with responsive layout, animations, and web performance best practices.
• Awareness of platform-specific constraints when building and optimising UI.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine workflows and data binding between gameplay and UI.
• Good debugging skills across UI logic, interaction, and engine integration.
• Ability to work independently on features while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A keen eye for detail and polish – ensuring UI matches designs, feels responsive, and behaves consistently across screens and input methods.
• Experience with Unreal Engine (Blueprints or C++).
• Experience with Unreal UI (UMG and/or Slate).
• Hands-on work with Gameface UI component libraries.
• Experience with a modern front-end framework (React / Angular).
• Familiarity with advanced CSS effects, transitions, or UI animation workflows.
• Understanding of multiplayer UI, HUD systems, or live-ops UI updates.

Please include your CV, portfolio and cover letter (optional) within your application. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please ensure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable; otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.

Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development.

If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we’d love to hear from you.

Alternatively, call our recruitment team on – 01527 958 177

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