Senior Gameplay Engineer - AI

Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities? Would you like to work on something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters? And are you excited to help bring these characters to life through the medium of a rich combat sandbox? Come join us at teamLFG!

As a Senior Gameplay Engineer at teamLFG, you'll focus on the character AI systems of an unannounced project from pre-production through to release, collaborating with designers and artists to provide the player with a delightful array of combatants. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, dedicated, and passionate cross-discipline team devoted to turning a creative dream into a new franchise at PlayStation.

We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• With minimal oversight, build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in C++ on Unreal 5
• Provide technical guidance to teammates on how AI, character, and simulation systems can work in harmony to produce a high fidelity combatant sandbox
• Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to build new gameplay experiences

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in C++
• Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals
• Experience building AI and character-related systems to support real-time action multiplayer gameplay
• Experience solving game problems rooted in math (ex. physics simulations, animation IK, character controllers)

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Experience with development using the Unreal Engine
• Experience with development on a variety of platforms (PC, console)