Technical UI Designer

Winterkeep Interactive · Sweden

Discipline
UI/UX
Seniority
Not stated
Work model
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Employment type
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Pay
SEK 36k–SEK 42k / mo
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9 Nov

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Technical UI Designer

Umeå, on-site, Full-time. Start: January 2027.

About Winterkeep

Winterkeep is a studio in Umeå, founded in 2025 by developers who worked together at Paradox Interactive. We are developing a 4X fantasy strategy game built on our own IP.

We're an AA studio. Small enough to stay flexible, experienced enough to make ambitious games. The vision is set, and feature teams own their part of the game and decide how to get there. You shape the game, not just execute tasks.

Our culture

  • Openness and honesty. Share ideas freely, and give and take direct feedback.

  • Calm and focused. We don't crunch, and we don't panic. Sometimes we sprint to hit a goal we've promised, but that's the exception.

  • High standards and accountability. We hold our work, and each other's, to a high bar, and we take responsibility for the game and the studio.

We're playful and professional. We take the work seriously, not ourselves.

We share our office in central Umeå with two other game studios. Umeå is a university town with short commutes, reasonable housing, and a good life for families.

The role

We need a Technical UI Designer to lay out and build the game's UI in Unreal. You'll take design and art and turn them into screens that work in the game. We are a small team and we sometimes work outside our ordinary roles.

What you will do

  • Lay out menus, HUD, tooltips and in-game screens

  • Build UIs in Unreal with UMG and Blueprints, or Slate if preferable

  • Build reusable UI components the team can work with

  • Work with feature teams, art and code to get features into the game

  • Spot problems early, before they get expensive

We are looking for

  • Experience building UIs in a game engine, ideally Unreal

  • Experience with UMG, building reusable Widgets, and advanced Blueprints

  • Experience with interfaces for complex systems

  • A passion for UX design and great layouts

  • A portfolio that shows screens you've built, not just mockups

  • Able to work full-time on site in Umeå

Extra bonuses, but not required: You play 4X and/or Strategy Games. You enjoy fantasy RPGs (tabletop or computer). You make 2D and/or UI art.

Salary

Mid-level: SEK 36,000 to 42,000 per month

Senior: SEK 40,000 to 46,000 per month

Plus 6% occupational pension, a full insurance package, 5 weeks paid vacation per year and a wellness allowance. Your placement in the range depends on your experience, independence, ownership, and problem-solving.

How to apply

Email: jobs@winterkeep.com with your CV and portfolio links.

As a small studio, we're not able to sponsor work permits at this stage, so you'll need the right to work in Sweden.

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From the studio's careers page (site). Checked 10 Nov.