Applied AI Technical Director for Game Production (Remote)

Beffio Studio; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible contract options

Team retreats

Competitive pay

Job summary

Beffio Studio is seeking a Technical Director, Applied AI to define and apply AI across game development, creative technology, and production workflows. The role sits between Engineering, Technical Art, and Creative Technology, driving prototypes to production-ready tools.

You will prototype, validate, and scale AI capabilities, collaborating with engineers and artists to improve speed, quality, and creative possibilities. Fluent English required.

Qualifications

• Senior-level technical experience in software engineering, technical art, tools development, or a comparable field.
• Proven track record of building real tools, systems, plugins, pipelines, or production technology.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C#, C++, TypeScript or similar; solid understanding of AI models, APIs, automation, and AI-assisted development.

Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate emerging AI models, coding agents, frameworks, workflows, and development tools.
• Identify practical opportunities for AI across game development, art production, engineering, and internal workflows.
• Build prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate ideas quickly.
• Turn successful experiments into robust production solutions.
• Explore and implement AI-assisted workflows across Unity3D, Unreal Engine, Houdini, Blender, and other tools.
• Develop AI-powered tools, plugins, integrations, agents, and automation.
• Collaborate with engineering, art, VFX, animation, environment, character, and production teams to identify high-value use cases.

Skills

Python

C#

C++

TypeScript

Fluent English

Tools

Unity

Unreal Engine

Houdini

Blender

Maya

Job description

Beffio Studio is seeking a Technical Director, Applied AI to define and apply AI across game development, creative technology, and production workflows. The role sits between Engineering, Technical Art, and Creative Technology, driving prototypes to production-ready tools.

You will prototype, validate, and scale AI capabilities, collaborating with engineers and artists to improve speed, quality, and creative possibilities. Fluent English required.