Remote Applied AI Tech Director for Game Production

Lever, Inc.; España; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AI ownership

Close collaboration

Experimentation

Prototype freedom

R&D & engineering

Cross-discipline impact

Fully remote

Flexible contracts

Competitive pay

Annual retreats

Shape AI capabilities

Job summary

Lever, Inc. seeks a hands-on technical leader to apply emergent AI technologies to game development, creative production, and engineering workflows.

You will prototype, automate, and integrate AI into Unity, Unreal, Houdini, Blender, and Maya, collaborating with engineers, Technical Artists, and production teams to deliver scalable tools and workflows. You will educate teams, establish practical AI standards, and help shape long-term capabilities across disciplines in a fully remote,

Qualifications

• Senior-level technical leadership with hands-on software engineering and creative-technical background.
• Proven track record building real-world tools, plugins, pipelines or production tech.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C#, C++, TypeScript, or similar.
• Deep understanding of modern AI models, APIs, coding agents, automation, and AI-assisted development.
• Ability to rapidly prototype concepts and assess practical value.
• Experience delivering R&D projects through to production-ready solutions.
• Familiarity with real-time game production workflows and engines (Unity/Unreal).
• Excellent collaboration with engineers and artists; strong communication and mentoring skills.
• Fluent English; comfortable working in a fully remote, international environment.

Responsibilities

• Research and prototype AI models, coding agents, frameworks and automation technologies.
• Identify AI opportunities across game development, art production, and engineering workflows.
• Build proof-of-concept tools and robust production-ready solutions.
• Differentiate valuable tech from hype and ensure production value.
• Drive R&D experiments through validation, integration, and adoption.
• Develop AI-enabled workflows across Unity, Unreal, Houdini, Blender, Maya, and more.
• Create internal production tools, plugins, integrations, and automation systems.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to identify high-value use cases.
• Document workflows and share reusable resources for wider adoption.
• Lead workshops to elevate teams from prompts to custom AI tools.

Skills

Senior-level software engineering

Technical Art

Tools development

Creative technology

Procedural systems

Game development

Programming languages

AI models & APIs

Rapid prototyping

R&D to production

Real-time workflows

Game engines (Unity/UE)

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Communication skills

Mentoring

Independent work

Fluent English

Education

College degree not specified

Tools

Unity

Unreal Engine

Houdini

Blender

Maya

Python

C#

C++

TypeScript

Job description

Lever, Inc. seeks a hands-on technical leader to apply emergent AI technologies to game development, creative production, and engineering workflows.

You will prototype, automate, and integrate AI into Unity, Unreal, Houdini, Blender, and Maya, collaborating with engineers, Technical Artists, and production teams to deliver scalable tools and workflows. You will educate teams, establish practical AI standards, and help shape long-term capabilities across disciplines in a fully remote,