Senior AI Programmer (NPC Locomotion)

You’ll help us by… 

• Taking ownership of the motion planner system for AI characters including crowds, critters, and wildlife. 

• Collaborating with animation, gameplay and AI programmers in developing robust and scalable AI systems. 

• Working alongside our design and content teams to develop new AI characters. 

• Providing mentorship to, and helping grow, less experienced engineers. 

You’re awesome because you have… 

• 5+ years of professional game AI engineering experience. 

• Implemented a game AI motion planner in a shipped AAA title. 

• Understanding of animation systems (blend trees, state machines, motion matching). 

• Understanding of navigation and pathfinding problems and solutions. 

• Understanding of game AI decision systems (behavior tree, goap, HSM). 

• Very strong knowledge of C/C++ programming including several advanced topics such as multi-threading, atomics, runtime optimizations and similar. 

• Strong 3D math background. 

• The ability to collaborate and thrive as part of a creative team. 

• Creativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude. 

• Organization methods and the capability to meet deadlines. 

• Comfort with self-critique and accepting outside feedback. 

• A habit of regularly playing and understanding modern video games. 

Bonus Points for... 

• ​Familiarity of physics middleware (PhysX, Havok). 

• 1+ AAA shipped games

• Experience with scripting languages

• Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles