Senior Research Engineer: Real-Time AI for Games

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in Vancouver is seeking an experienced engineer to develop AI-powered tools for immersive gaming experiences. You will collaborate with teams to integrate large language models and ensure data quality. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in ML, advanced Python skills, and experience in distributed systems. The role offers competitive benefits including unlimited PTO, medical coverage, and a robust mental well-being program.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

Unlimited PTO and sick time

Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production ML or distributed systems.
• Comfort reading papers and turning ideas into robust code.
• LLM-related open-source contributions or published research.

Responsibilities

• Own the data pipeline and enforce data quality.
• Build distributed SFT/DPO/RLHF workflows and iterate quickly.
• Collaborate with gameplay engineers to ship real-time experiences.

Skills

Expert Python (async I/O, data engineering)

Experience in production ML or distributed systems

Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools

Experience with reinforcement learning, safety alignment, or RAG techniques

Education

B.S. in CS/ML/EE/Math or equivalent

Job description

A leading game development company in Vancouver is seeking an experienced engineer to develop AI-powered tools for immersive gaming experiences. You will collaborate with teams to integrate large language models and ensure data quality. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in ML, advanced Python skills, and experience in distributed systems. The role offers competitive benefits including unlimited PTO, medical coverage, and a robust mental well-being program.