Senior AI Designer - Remote: Next-Gen Multiplayer NPCs

Escape Velocity; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A generous PTO allowance

Summer and Winter holidays studio clos

Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

Private Mental Health scheme

A generous annual Health & Wellbeing

Discretionary Studio Bonus

Top range tech for your home set up

Other benefits based on your region

Job summary

Escape Velocity is a fully remote studio building a culture of play and world-building for bold, high-midelity games. We seek a Senior AI Designer to craft intelligent enemies, design specs, and drive NPC behavior across a high-mobility action game.

You will collaborate with designers and engineers, analyze player data, and pitch innovative AI concepts to leads and directors. We value autonomy, ongoing improvement, and a supportive, inclusive team environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game design or AI game development experience.
• Technical expertise in Unreal and/or equivalent AAA game engines.
• Senior-level proficiency in blueprint scripting and AI behaviour trees.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Background or education in game design or programming.

Responsibilities

• Create exciting new enemies for a unique, high-mobility action game.
• Create design specs and technical documents.
• Work alongside other designers and engineers on NPC creation, scripting, and behaviour trees.
• Collaborate with producers to plan future work and identify dependencies.
• Analyze user data, feedback, and heatmaps to understand how the game’s AI is functioning and what changes need to be made.
• Pitch detailed new AI designs to leads and directors.

Skills

5+ years experience

Blueprint scripting

AI behaviour trees

Education

Background in game design or programming

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Escape Velocity is a fully remote studio building a culture of play and world-building for bold, high-midelity games. We seek a Senior AI Designer to craft intelligent enemies, design specs, and drive NPC behavior across a high-mobility action game.

You will collaborate with designers and engineers, analyze player data, and pitch innovative AI concepts to leads and directors. We value autonomy, ongoing improvement, and a supportive, inclusive team environment.