Senior AI Tools Engineer for Game Development

Riot Games; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Stipend

Wellbeing Reimbursement

Learning and Development opportunities

LAN gaming room

Job summary

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Engine & Tools to design and implement AI/ML driven tools for a new R&D game. You will work with designers, producers, and engineers to translate needs into practical AI-powered solutions that boost developer efficiency and player experience.

You will own features and model best practices within the Tech Foundations team, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. Prior Unreal Engine and C++ production experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering delivering live or shipped products at scale.
• 2+ years building game development tools and Unreal Engine experience.
• Production experience with AI/ML systems and tooling.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers and engineers to identify AI-powered tooling opportunities.
• Define the future vision for AI-based developer tooling and workflows.
• Design, implement, test AI/ML solutions to improve efficiency.
• Stay current with AI/ML trends and apply them to game dev challenges.
• Document tools and mentor junior engineers as the team grows.
• Provide trainings on new tools to internal customers.
• Help scale the team’s best practices for tools architecture.

Skills

5+ years experience

2+ years game tools

Unreal Engine

AI/ML systems

C++

cross-disciplinary communication

problem solving

ship/scale products

Education

B.S. in computer science

Job description

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Engine & Tools to design and implement AI/ML driven tools for a new R&D game. You will work with designers, producers, and engineers to translate needs into practical AI-powered solutions that boost developer efficiency and player experience.

You will own features and model best practices within the Tech Foundations team, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. Prior Unreal Engine and C++ production experience are essential.