Senior Gameplay AI Engineer — Bot Systems

2K Games, Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 108,900 - 161,160; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Basic life insurance

14 paid holidays

15–25 days paid vacation

Discretionary time off

Up to 10 paid sick days

Parental and compassionate leave

Wellbeing programs

Maven family planning

Commuter benefits

Fitness expense reimbursements

Job summary

2K Games, Inc. is seeking a Senior Gameplay Engineer to develop our Player Bots using C++, Unreal Engine 5, and our in-house AI framework. You will build AI agents that convincingly mimic human players, power mode backfill, and automated testing at scale.

You should bring 5+ years in gameplay or game AI, deep C++/Unreal fluency, and experience with AI controllers, navigation, and EQS. Knowledge of Utility AI and networked multiplayer is a must.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of gameplay or game AI engineering on shipped action games.
• Strong C++ and Unreal Engine fluency, including AI controllers, navigation, and EQS.
• Utility AI or comparable decision-making architectures.
• AI in networked multiplayer: client/server authority, prediction, dedicated servers.
• Humanlike combat AI: aim and error models, reaction time, believable movement.

Responsibilities

• Develop combat behavior: target prioritization, hero-appropriate weapon and ability use, movement, and disengagement.
• Develop humanization: tunable aim, reaction time, and error models across difficulty levels.
• Develop macro behavior: team cohesion, traversal, pacing, events, looting, and progression.
• Extend our utility AI framework: new behaviors, scoring, and tuning.
• Keep bot populations performant: throttling, suspension, and LOD.
• Extend bots as automated test clients, from feature tests to match-scale load tests.
• Build bot evaluation tooling: debug visualization and playtest metrics.
• Partner with design to tune behavior through playtests.

Skills

C++

Unreal Engine

Gameplay AI

AI engineering

Networking

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

StateTree

Gameplay Ability System

Job description

2K Games, Inc. is seeking a Senior Gameplay Engineer to develop our Player Bots using C++, Unreal Engine 5, and our in-house AI framework. You will build AI agents that convincingly mimic human players, power mode backfill, and automated testing at scale.

You should bring 5+ years in gameplay or game AI, deep C++/Unreal fluency, and experience with AI controllers, navigation, and EQS. Knowledge of Utility AI and networked multiplayer is a must.