Senior Game AI Designer | Fully Remote

Escape Velocity Entertainment Inc; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday closures (Summer/Winter)

Medical & Dental healthcare

Health & Wellbeing allowance

Studio bonus

Top range home tech

Region-based benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment Inc is seeking a Senior AI Designer to join our fully remote, world-building team. You will craft enemies, design specs, and drive NPC behavior using AI trees in Unreal or AAA engines, collaborating with designers and engineers.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in game design or AI development, strong communication, and a deep understanding of competitive multiplayer NPCs. This role offers autonomy, world-building scope, and a culture of play across regions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game design or AI game development experience.
• Technical proficiency in Unreal and/or AAA game engines.
• Senior-level proficiency in blueprint scripting and AI behaviour trees.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Professional understanding of competitive multiplayer games and NPCs.
• 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 with 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 AI effectiveness and identify changes.
• Pitch detailed new AI designs to leads and directors.

Skills

AI design

Unreal Engine

Blueprint scripting

Behaviour trees

Competitive multiplayer

Communication skills

Game design background

Education

Game design background or programming

Job description

What we are looking for:

We are building a culture of play and seeking an imaginative, skilful, and versatile Senior AI Designer to join our remote team. If you share a passion for developing ground-breaking worlds and player experiences, then this may be for you!

What We Will Do Together:

• 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 our 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.

What You Will Bring:

• A passion for competitive and/or strategic multiplayer games.
• 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.
• A professional understanding of competitive multiplayer games and their use of NPCs.
• Background or education in game design or programming.

Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity:

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher. But that doesn’t necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time. To that end, we are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things.

A few benefits you can expect from us:

• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Top range tech for your home set up
• Other benefits based on your region

Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.