Senior Game AI Engineer - Bots & Real-Time Tools

Aimlroles; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 176,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games seeks an applied research programmer for the Special Projects team, working at the intersection of computer vision, ML, and game AI. You will design and deploy production-ready models for bots, NPCs, and world modeling, with a focus on automation of moderation, security, and QA testing.

Collaborate with Unreal Engine teams; PhD or 3+ years of experience; strong Python and ML tooling; experience with vision-language-action models and RL; role open to North America and Europe, including

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field or 3+ years of industry experience.
• Experience applying ML algorithms for action modeling of bots and deploying them in-game.
• Strong Python and ML tooling experience (PyTorch, NumPy, SciPy).

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver production-ready ML models for bots and NPCs in real-time game environments.
• Assess model effectiveness and contribute to the roadmap.
• Investigate new data channels and support data collection/creation.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Python

Reinforcement learning

Vision & language models

NLP

Education

PhD in Computer Science or Mathematics

Tools

PyTorch

NumPy/SciPy

Scikit-learn

Job description

Epic Games seeks an applied research programmer for the Special Projects team, working at the intersection of computer vision, ML, and game AI. You will design and deploy production-ready models for bots, NPCs, and world modeling, with a focus on automation of moderation, security, and QA testing.

Collaborate with Unreal Engine teams; PhD or 3+ years of experience; strong Python and ML tooling; experience with vision-language-action models and RL; role open to North America and Europe, including