UI Engineer - Remote Eligible

UI Engineer

Latin America

Jahnel Group's mission is to provide the absolute best environment for software creators to pursue their passion by connecting them with great clients doing meaningful work. We get to build some of the most complex and compelling applications for our clients located across the country.

We're a fast-growing INC 5000 recognized company, yet we still work as a very close-knit team (100+ employees). We're growing like crazy, and if you're looking for the next place to call home, hit us up for a beer or coffee.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for a UI Engineer to help build and support event-driven user interfaces for a game client environment. This role blends UI development, game client systems, and close collaboration with designers, artists, and gameplay engineers to deliver intuitive and responsive user experiences.

You'll work across both UI scripting and backend client systems, ensuring that data flows cleanly into front-end interfaces while maintaining performance and scalability in a real-time environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop event-driven UIs using Lua based on design specs and wireframes
• Build and maintain game client systems in C++ to support UI functionality
• Collaborate closely with UI designers and artists to improve user experience
• Provide feedback on UI/UX design feasibility and implementation approach
• Work with producers and systems designers to align engineering and product needs
• Maintain clean, maintainable, and performant UI-related code
• Support shared codebase development in a collaborative engineering environment

Some Must-Haves:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in C++
• Experience with scripting languages such as Lua
• Strong understanding of software architecture and system design
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and portable code
• Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset
• Experience working in shared, multi-engineer codebases

Nice to Have:

• Experience developing MMO addons or game UI systems
• Familiarity with networked game client/server architecture
• Experience designing or implementing UI systems (professionally or independently)

Where We're Looking For It:

Latin America Open to 100% Fully Remote

Other Information

The work hours will be approximately 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST, depending on workload, with the occasional late night when a tight deadline calls for it. We work for security-conscious clients, thus background checks will be required.

Position available immediately.