Senior ML Engineer: Real-Time Game AI & Bots

Epic Games; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking experts in machine learning and game AI to build production-ready models for bots and intelligent NPCs. You will work at the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and reinforcement learning to power agents and automation for moderation, security, and QA in our ecosystem.

Collaboration with engineers in an Agile environment is essential. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and deploying scalable ML solutions that integrate into Unreal Engine tooling and assets used

Qualifications

• PhD in CS or 3+ years industry experience.
• Experience creating ML models for bots in games.
• Expert in deep learning and ML tools.
• Experience deploying production ML in games.
• Strong collaboration in Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Create production-ready ML models and associated algorithms that can act in game environments.
• Critically assess model effectiveness and contribute to roadmap decisions.
• Develop data channels and support collection/creation of new data.

Skills

Deep learning

Vision models

Language models

Reinforcement learning

Python & ML tools

Agile development

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

PyTorch

NumPy

SciPy

Scikit-learn

Job description

Epic Games is seeking experts in machine learning and game AI to build production-ready models for bots and intelligent NPCs. You will work at the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and reinforcement learning to power agents and automation for moderation, security, and QA in our ecosystem.

Collaboration with engineers in an Agile environment is essential. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and deploying scalable ML solutions that integrate into Unreal Engine tooling and assets used