Senior Gameplay AI Engineer – Remote

CD Projekt; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 504,000 - 693,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical healthcare

Mental health support

Paid leave

RRSP matching

Lifestyle Spending Account

Menstrual leave

Parents network

Training courses

Welcome pack

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking an Expert Gameplay Programmer - AI to architect open-world AI systems for Cyberpunk 2. You will implement low-level spawning and AI tech, mentor teammates, and ensure robust, optimized gameplay across multi-threaded pipelines.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers and engineers, performance tuning, and integrating bespoke content with systemic open-world features. Hybrid/remote options are available.

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of professional experience as a programmer in games.
• Strong proficiency in C++ programming and knowledge of Unreal Engine.
• Experience with procedural content generation and systemic gameplay.
• Experience with current-gen console hardware.
• A good understanding of geometric algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in writing multi threaded systems.
• Experience profiling and optimizing code.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with designers and other developers to understand their needs and ensure they can efficiently populate the open world.
• Build and maintain major systems used to bring the open world to life, covering spawning, AI, and systemic gameplay.
• Monitor performance and memory usage in the open world, making optimizations as needed and developing strategies for others to improve.
• Oversee the technical efforts of other developers through code reviews, mentoring, and reviewing technical proposals.
• Develop debug tools, and designer tools needed for non-deterministic systemic gameplay.
• Write high-quality code that is optimized and aligned with project goals.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure the tools contribute effectively to all game systems and components.

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking an Expert Gameplay Programmer - AI to architect open-world AI systems for Cyberpunk 2. You will implement low-level spawning and AI tech, mentor teammates, and ensure robust, optimized gameplay across multi-threaded pipelines.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers and engineers, performance tuning, and integrating bespoke content with systemic open-world features. Hybrid/remote options are available.