Senior Gameplay AI Engineer – Open World Navigation

CD Projekt; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Gameplay Programmer - AI to join our team on Cyberpunk 2. You will help create believable worlds by building systems that enable advanced AI behaviours and open world navigation.

You will work with designers and engineers to implement scalable AI, write tools, and optimize performance across current-gen consoles. Responsibilities include collaborating with designers to define AI needs, developing core AI systems, and ensuring high-quality, bug-free code while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a programmer in games.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and knowledge of Unreal Engine.
• Expertise in pathfinding, navigation and avoidance for open world games.
• Experience with current-gen console hardware.
• Solid understanding of geometric algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in writing multi-threaded systems.
• System-level profiling and optimization experience.
• Strong 3D math knowledge.
• Creative and strategic thinker with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers to implement smart AI systems.
• Build and maintain major AI systems for open worlds.
• Develop debugging and designer tools for AI features.
• Write high-quality, efficient, and scalable code.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration across game systems.

Skills

C++

Unreal Engine

Pathfinding

Navigation

Avoidance

Multithreading

3D Math

Geometric algorithms

Profiling

Communication

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Gameplay Programmer - AI to join our team on Cyberpunk 2. You will help create believable worlds by building systems that enable advanced AI behaviours and open world navigation.

You will work with designers and engineers to implement scalable AI, write tools, and optimize performance across current-gen consoles. Responsibilities include collaborating with designers to define AI needs, developing core AI systems, and ensuring high-quality, bug-free code while