Senior AI Programmer

People Can Fly; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned game development studio in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced AI Developer to work on innovative non-player character behaviors. The role involves collaborating with design teams, maintaining the Unreal Engine AI framework, and optimizing game features. Ideal candidates should have 6+ years in the gaming industry, strong programming skills, and a creative mindset to tackle game design challenges. The company offers flexible working hours and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Private medical healthcare

Access to wellbeing platform

Flexible working hours

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• 6 years experience working in console/PC games.
• Involved in the production cycle of at least 1 title.
• Ability to write solid, reliable, efficient code.

Responsibilities

• Propose, implement, and own tasks and features.
• Collaborate with design teams to gather feedback.
• Maintain and extend the Unreal Engine AI framework.

Skills

C

Unreal Engine

Math

Multi-threading

SQL

C#

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Swarm

Perforce

Job description

Core

• Propose implement and own tasks and features in a timely fashion.
• Provide regular updates to the production.
• Collaborating with PCF Framework to integrate and develop shared components and augment stability / features of shared modules.
• Consider the performance of the work that you do.
• Breakdown your own tasks update your progress ask questions and raise issues to relevant stakeholders as well as proposing solutions when needed.
• Work closely with Principal and project Architect to implement high quality features and code proactively identify and address risk with the team.
• Proactively participate in code reviews to share knowledge and learn from other team members.
• Occasionally support Lead in recruitment projects with HR collaboration.
• Stay informed of best practices and technical solutions used at the company.
• Work with QA teams to define testing requirements for new and existing features.

AI

• Work across multiple disciplines on the behaviors of a large variety of non-player characters.
• Work closely with the design team and iterate with them game features gathering feedback from iterations.
• Create dedicated tools and features.
• Test debug profile and optimize implementations.
• Maintain and extend the existing Unreal Engine AI framework and tools.
• Design implement into engine and maintain new AI features.
• Track work in production systems.
• Work on improvements to the company wide AI codebase.

Qualifications :

• 6 years experience working in console / PC games.
• Involved in the production cycle of at least 1 title.
• Excellent primary programming language skills (C).
• Good knowledge of Source Control and Code Review tools (Swarm Perforce Git etc.).
• Good knowledge of Project Management Software (JIRA Confluence etc.).
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Strong math background (3d math matrices linear algebra).
• Understanding of physics and classical mechanics.
• Good understanding of usual algorithms and techniques used by AI teams in games.
• Experience with performance measurement and optimization.
• Experience in programming different gamedev AI topics like movement navigation or decision-making logic.
• Ability to write solid reliable efficient code.
• Game designer like creativity to help solve gameplay problems.
• Experience with multi-threading.
• Good Unreal Engine knowledge.
• Good mentoring skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice to have :

• Experience with other programming languages.
• Experience with Project Management Software (JIRA Confluence etc.).
• Experience with other languages.
• Proficiency with Atlassian software (JIRA Confluence).
• Proficiency with Swarm and Perforce.

What we offer :

• Private medical healthcare (Vitality) and BUPA dental insurance for PCFs employees and their families.
• Access to wellbeing platform - Gympass for employees and family members.
• Online Polish and English language classes.
• Access to the pension scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.
• Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
• Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.

Remote Work : Yes

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

SQL,.NET,C / C++,Computer Graphics,Math,C#,Visual Studio,Clinical Trials,Unreal Engine,XML,CDISC Standards,SAS

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1