Senior AI Researcher: Production-Ready Game AI (Hybrid)

LocusX

Montreal

Hybrid

CAD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Competitive salary
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Job summary

An innovative AI gaming tech startup is seeking a Senior AI Researcher to lead groundbreaking research in game development. The role emphasizes both exploration of novel AI techniques and practical application, with a focus on delivering measurable results. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in AI, ML, and NLP along with significant research experience. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model in Montreal, Canada.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of AI research experience with peer-reviewed publications.
  • Strong engineering skills in deploying and optimizing AI systems.
  • Ability to bridge research novelty with product value.

Responsibilities

  • Lead research on AI architectures for game development.
  • Collaborate to turn research into production-ready solutions.
  • Prototype and evaluate AI agents within development pipelines.

Skills

AI research
ML techniques
NLP
Problem-solving

Education

Master/PhD in AI, ML, or related field

Tools

Neural networks
Graph neural networks
Multimodal models

Job description

An innovative AI gaming tech startup is seeking a Senior AI Researcher to lead groundbreaking research in game development. The role emphasizes both exploration of novel AI techniques and practical application, with a focus on delivering measurable results. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in AI, ML, and NLP along with significant research experience. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model in Montreal, Canada.
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