--- title: 'Technical UI Designer at HyperHug' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/technical-ui-designer-hyperhug-remote-3dt9h41jkbhf' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Technical UI Designer at HyperHug - **Company:** HyperHug - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hyperhug/54f238d6-fcd2-4d4c-b038-865d881e15b5 ## Job description HyperHug is an international game development studio specializing in the shooter genre. Our main office is based in Cyprus, but our talented team works remotely from around the world. We’re developing Oxide: Survival Island, an immersive multiplayer survival shooter for mobile platforms, and we’re always looking for motivated individuals who want to grow with us, contribute their creativity, and help shape the future of our games. We’re looking for a skilled Middle+/Senior Technical UI Designer to bring polished, intuitive game interfaces to life. You’ll turn design concepts and mockups into responsive, production-ready UI, creating scalable systems that look great, perform smoothly on mobile devices, and are easy for the development team to integrate and maintain. ## WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: - Implement core and meta-game interfaces in Unity. - Build responsive screens that adapt correctly to different resolutions and aspect ratios. - Create and maintain a scalable UI architecture, including window structures, reusable components, UI kits, and prefabs. - Create UI animations using DOTween, Timeline, and custom animation solutions. - Set up and optimize UI effects using Unity’s Particle System. - Optimize UI performance for mobile devices, including draw calls, batching, and Canvas setup. - Work with text styles, materials, and localization. - Optimize textures, atlases, and import settings. - Create UI materials using Shader Graph and custom material setups. - Refactor, simplify, and systematize legacy UI. - Create and maintain UI documentation. - Write simple C# scripts when needed. ## WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU: - 3+ years of experience in a similar role. - Strong experience using AI tools to improve day-to-day workflows, create and integrate reusable UI components and event systems. - Strong hands-on expertise with Unity UI. - Solid understanding of UI performance optimization, especially for mobile devices. - Ability to work independently and propose practical solutions. - Strong attention to detail and a structured, systematic approach to work. - English - B1+ level, Russian - C1 level. ## WHAT WE OFFER: - Competitive salary. - Remote work format. - A passionate and supportive team that values creativity and ownership. - Opportunities for professional growth. - A culture built on initiative, transparency, and collaboration. ## About HyperHug ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: HyperHug is a mobile game publisher and developer best known for its multiplayer survival shooter *Oxide: Survival Island*, with over 100 million players worldwide. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: Limassol, Cyprus - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Sergei Starkov (CEO, Co-Founder), Savelii Zagurskii (CTO, Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Mobile Gaming Apps - **Target customers**: B2C (mobile gamers, survival shooter fans) - **Mission/purpose**: "Unstoppable delivery of pure joy through focus, discipline and unapologetic excellence." ## Products & Services - **[Oxide: Survival Island]**: A multiplayer survival shooter game where players gather resources, build shelters, defend territory, and cooperate on a deserted island. Available on mobile platforms. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Over 100 million players (across all titles); 19 employees (as of mid-2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed; operates in 7 countries including Spain, Georgia, Canada, Poland, Moldova, Indonesia, and Armenia - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +237.5% year-over-year; active job postings increased +350% yearly; monthly website traffic up +46.2% year-over-year ## Competitive Advantages - **Single-game focus**: HyperHug concentrates all resources on one genre and one game at a time, allowing deep polish and player obsession. - **Small, high-performance team**: Relatively few employees (19) handling a massive global player base, emphasizing "brilliant minds, small team, outsized results." - **Global reach**: Players and team members span multiple continents, giving the company a diverse, distributed perspective. ## Strategic Focus - Deepening and expanding *Oxide: Survival Island* with continuous updates and community engagement. - Scaling the team aggressively (9 open job postings as of mid-2026) across engineering, design, and operations roles. - Maintaining a culture of "excellence, focus, discipline, and joy" while growing. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values unapologetic excellence, relentless learning, and a player-first mindset. The team is small but ambitious, with a "glamorous or grinding, work gets done either way" attitude. - **Remote/Hybrid**: Several roles are listed as "Remote" (e.g., Senior Game Designer) with a hub in Limassol, Cyprus; the company operates across multiple time zones. - **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on a game played by millions, with a tight-knit team that plays the game themselves. The careers page invites candidates to "dare to join" and encourages unsolicited applications. - **Engineering culture**: Tech stack includes Unity, C#, .NET, Firebase, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Redis, GitLab, Figma, and more. Emphasis on DevOps, anti-cheat, and live operations. ## Sources 1. [hyperhug.io](https://hyperhug.io/) 2. [hyperhug.com](https://hyperhug.com/) 3. [Built In - HyperHug](https://builtin.com/company/hyperhug) 4. 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