Senior AI Engineer

Summary

Join The Molasses Flood as a Senior AI Engineer and help innovate and evolve our AI technologies. You'll design, build out, maintain and optimize foundational AI systems in a multiplayer environment, using C++ and Blueprints. This role may be performed per our hybrid work model or remotely within the continental US and Canada.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years game industry experience, with at least 3 of those specializing in AI programming
• Deep knowledge of common AI data structures, algorithms and patterns including behavior trees, blackboards, smart objects, etc
• Competence with C++ or a similar language
• Working knowledge of 3d mathematics
• The ability to communicate ideas clearly both verbally and written, and work collaboratively with design, art and production
• Curiosity, kindness, and a positive and professional can-do attitude
• Candidates must have a US or Canadian work permit or citizenship, depending on country location

Responsibilities

• Design, build out, maintain and optimize foundational AI systems in a multiplayer environment, using C++ and Blueprints
• Build developer-friendly, easy-to-use, stable systems that allow design teams to rapidly build & iterate on content
• Ensure game performance standards across areas of system ownership for all target platforms
• Follow the code quality standards set by the team
• Collaborate with everyone on the team and across disciplines in achieving the overall vision of the game
• Solicit and incorporate feedback from team members regarding existing systems
• Mentor more junior members of the engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with domain-specific scripting language design and implementation
• Experience or familiarity with offline tools and pipelines such as World Machine or Houdini
• UE4 or UE5 experience
• Experience on a multiplayer title

Benefits

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision plans available - for employees and dependents
• 401K with matching
• Company paid long & short term disability plans, and life insurance
• Profit sharing plan
• Unlimited PTO and flexible schedule
• Environmental company paid offset of employees’ carbon footprint via Wren.co