UI Engineer

Job description

Vertigo Games is a leading publisher and developer of VR games. We are looking for a passionate UI Engineer to join our team based in the center of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Join us on a mission to develop and launch cutting-edge VR games internationally and help us on our quest to push the boundaries of virtual reality gaming.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our game designers, UX designers, artists and animators to create well thought out, easy to use and eye pleasing UI for our upcoming games
• Establish and preserve consistency, authenticity and harmony across all systems, user experience and user interfaces
• Develop and create user interface screens, transitions, animations, and VFX
• Iterate and evolve UI related systems/functionality based on user feedback

Qualifications

• A passion for game development and sustainable software
• A keen eye for ‘good’ UI, its style and beauty, but also, just as important, its readability, usability and consistency
• Expert understanding of hierarchy and layout design principles
• Worked on UI for at least 1 shipped game title
• Positive attitude and an ability to receive and provide objective feedback
• Experience with Unity’s UI pipeline (after 4.6)

Plusses

• Affinity with UX design principles
• Experience with other UI frameworks (Hummingbird, Scaleform GFx, QT, IMGUI)
• Know your way in art/design software like Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator)
• Illustration skills to paint UI screens, frames, borders, icons, etc.
• Experience creating UI code/systems for limited platforms (VR/mobile/consoles)