Senior UI Developer

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Eleventh Hour Games is a fast growing studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs.</strong> We value open communication, close-knit teamwork, and opportunity for ownership and growth! Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge extraordinary games. Extraordinary games build passionate communities, which create passionate people. Passionate people turn into next year's creators. <strong>With our breakout title<a href="https://lastepoch.com/">&nbsp;Last Epoch,</a> we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!</strong></span></p> <hr> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>THE OPPORTUNITY:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As a Senior UI Developer at Eleventh Hour Games, you will help build and evolve the user interface systems that shape the player experience. You will work closely with design, art, engineering, and production to create performant, scalable, and polished UI features that support gameplay clarity, usability, and the overall quality of the game.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving player-facing technical problems, building strong UI foundations, and collaborating closely with UI/UX and gameplay teams to bring features from concept to implementation. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across complex systems, values clean and sustainable engineering practices, and communicates well in a fully remote, cross-disciplinary environment.</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build and maintain UI systems and features that support gameplay, menus, HUDs, inventories, progression, social features, and other player-facing experiences</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Collaborate closely with UI/UX, design, art, and engineering to translate interface goals into reliable technical implementation</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop scalable and maintainable UI architecture that can support long-term feature growth and iteration</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Implement polished, responsive, and user-friendly interface behavior in engine</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support data-driven UI workflows (e.g. MVVM) and integration with gameplay systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Debug, optimize, and improve UI systems for performance, usability, and stability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Help identify technical risks, dependencies, and implementation tradeoffs early in development</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Contribute to engineering standards, code quality, and sustainable development practices across UI systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support iteration by responding to playtest feedback, bugs, and changing feature needs over time</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">5+ years of professional game development experience</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building UI systems or player-facing features in shipped games</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proficiency in C++</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of UI architecture, usability, and systems design principles</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building maintainable, scalable, and performant UI code</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience collaborating closely with UI/UX designers to implement interface features</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong debugging, profiling, and problem-solving skills</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Familiarity with modern game engines and UI implementation workflows</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across disciplines in a remote environment</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience supporting controller, keyboard/mouse, and multi-input UI experiences</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>PREFERRENCES:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building UI for RPGs, ARPGs, or other systems-heavy games</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Familiarity with shader and material math and best practices as it relates to UI graphics</span></li> </ul> <hr> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Reasonable Accommodation</strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>KRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position, perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas, to begin the interactive process.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em><strong>EEOC statement</strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>KRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Due to recent scams, our recruiters will only reach out to you via @eleventhhour.games, @sds.com, @krafton.com, @unknownworlds.com or @pubg.com. If you received an email and are unsure you can always email recruiting_ka@krafton.com.&nbsp;</strong></em></span></p>