Senior AI Designer - Remote, Unreal & NPC AI

Escape Velocity Entertainment; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO allowance

Studio holidays (Summer & Winter)

Private Medical & Dental

Private Mental Health scheme

Health & Wellbeing allowance

Discretionary Studio Bonus

Top range tech for home setup

Region-based benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity is seeking a Senior AI Designer to join our fully remote team. You will craft enemies, develop AI systems, and collaborate with designers and engineers to deliver compelling NPC behavior and player experiences.

Bring 5+ years in game design or AI development, deep Unreal Engine expertise, and strong blueprint scripting skills. You will help plan future work with producers and use data to guide AI improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game design or AI development experience.
• Technical expertise in Unreal and/or AAA engines.
• Senior proficiency with blueprint scripting and AI behaviour trees.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of competitive multiplayer games and NPC usage.

Responsibilities

• Create new enemies for a high-mobility action game.
• Develop design specs and technical documents.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers on NPCs, scripting and behaviour trees.
• Plan future work with producers and identify dependencies.
• Analyze user data, feedback and heatmaps to improve AI behavior.
• Pitch detailed AI designs to leads and directors.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Blueprint scripting

AI behaviour trees

NPC design

Real-time gameplay

Remote collaboration

Tools

AAA game engines

Job description

Escape Velocity is seeking a Senior AI Designer to join our fully remote team. You will craft enemies, develop AI systems, and collaborate with designers and engineers to deliver compelling NPC behavior and player experiences.

Bring 5+ years in game design or AI development, deep Unreal Engine expertise, and strong blueprint scripting skills. You will help plan future work with producers and use data to guide AI improvements.