Senior ML Engineer: Real-Time Game AI & Agents

Epic Games; Point Blank (TX); Hybrid; USD 233,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking an applied research programmer to join the Special Projects team, working at the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and ML to build production-ready models for bots and automation.

You will design, implement, and deploy scalable ML systems that power trained gameplay agents, NPCs, and world modeling, collaborating with Unreal Engine teams across North America and Europe.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field, or 3+ years of industry experience.
• Experience creating or applying ML algorithms for action modeling of bots behavior, vision-based or language-instructed, and deploying them as production-level systems in-game.
• Expert, hands-on knowledge of: Deep learning, vision and/or language models, reinforcement learning, and Python ML tools.
• Strong programming experience with Python and ML libraries and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver production-ready, scalable and high-quality machine learning models and associated algorithms that can make actions in game environments
• Critically assess the effectiveness of such models and make recommendations for the ongoing roadmap
• Methodically understand and assess the effectiveness of new data channels and support collection/creation of new ones

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Python

Reinforcement learning

Vision-language models

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field

Tools

PyTorch

NumPy

SciPy

scikit-learn

Job description

Epic Games is seeking an applied research programmer to join the Special Projects team, working at the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and ML to build production-ready models for bots and automation.

You will design, implement, and deploy scalable ML systems that power trained gameplay agents, NPCs, and world modeling, collaborating with Unreal Engine teams across North America and Europe.