UI Technical Designer (Contract)

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…As a User Interface Technical Designer , you are responsible for implementing, animating, and optimizing UI systems in the game engine. You partner with UX designers and UI artists to translate layouts, motion intent, and visual style into functional, performant, and player-facing UI. You ensure a high visual quality bar in the engine, manage UI performance and scalability, and use animation, scripting, and VFX to bring interfaces to life. You help define and maintain UI standards, pipelines, and technical workflows across the project.

You can expect to be responsible for :

• Work hands-on, in-engine to implement UX / UI prototypes and designs of the game team’s ideas.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team of designers, artists, programmers, and producers to create exciting moments, celebrations, and satisfying interactions for the user interface.
• Setup UI and menu elements feedback, behavior, and animations.
• Work with and implement industry leading techniques for motion graphics and vfx in mobile games and improve internal tools and structure.
• Collaborate with engineers, game designers, UX designers, and production to define technical requirements.
• Identify gaps in designs and technical constraints.
• Supports creative and technical solutions / iteration.
• Maintain best practices and keep control of asset integration in respects to our technical constraints and optimization guidelines.

Your background includes :

$42 - $52 an hourThe typical hiring range listed above is specific to candidates located in Vancouver . The salary will be determined based on your knowledge, skills and competencies.If you’re interested in the position but your expectations don’t fully align with the provided range, we still encourage you to apply! Considerations may be made based on your experience level.