Senior Artificial Intelligence Designer

Join Epic Games as a Senior Artificial Intelligence Designer to challenge norms and shape the future of interactive entertainment. You will define the creative vision for AI-related features, prototype and deliver innovative experiences for players, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. This role involves creating high-quality AI behaviors and abilities using behavior trees and visual scripting, analyzing playtest results, and maintaining clear design documentation.

Must Have

• Define the design vision for AI-centric features
• Create high-quality player-facing AI behaviors and abilities using behavior trees and visual scripting
• Rapidly prototype new ideas and demonstrate their in-game potential
• Collaborate with members of different disciplines to deliver high-quality player experiences
• Work with other designers on the AI team to define and promote a consistent AI vision for the project
• Analyze playtest results and iterate to improve AI features
• Write and maintain clear and concise design documentation
• Experience delivering multiple AAA games as a designer
• Experience in artificial intelligence development in a highly systemic environment
• Experience with creating behavior trees and using visual scripting

Good to Have

• Creative approach capable of surprising and delighting players with new ideas and experiences
• Ability to understand players, their motivations, and how they interact with the game
• Team spirit and strong communication skills, both oral and written

Perks & Benefits

• 100% coverage of social benefits premiums for employees and dependents
• Additional coverage for medical, dental, and vision care
• Critical illness insurance
• Telemedicine
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Weekly indemnity (short-term disability)
• Retirement savings plan with competitive employer contribution
• Employee assistance program
• Extensive mental wellness program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching services for employees and dependents)

What we do

Put your design skills to work for a cutting-edge company that challenges norms. From character and level design to high-performance systems and game design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What you will do

Epic Games is looking for a Senior Artificial Intelligence Designer to join our multidisciplinary development team. In this role, you will be responsible for the creative vision for AI-related features and will contribute to prototyping and delivering innovative experiences for our players.

What you will be responsible for

• Define the design vision for AI-centric features
• Create high-quality player-facing AI behaviors and abilities using behavior trees and visual scripting
• Rapidly prototype new ideas and demonstrate their in-game potential directly in-game
• Collaborate with members of different disciplines to deliver high-quality player experiences
• Work with other designers on the AI team to define and promote a consistent AI vision for the project
• Analyze playtest results and iterate to improve AI features
• Write and maintain clear and concise design documentation

What we are looking for

• Experience delivering multiple AAA games as a designer
• Experience in artificial intelligence development in a highly systemic environment
• Experience with creating behavior trees and using visual scripting
• Creative approach capable of surprising and delighting players with new ideas and experiences
• Ability to understand players, their motivations, and how they interact with the game
• Team spirit and strong communication skills, both oral and written

Benefits

We pay 100% of the premiums associated with social benefits, for both employees and dependents, and offer additional coverage for medical, dental, and vision care, critical illness, telemedicine, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and long-term disability insurance. We also offer weekly indemnity (short-term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer contribution. In addition to the employee assistance program, we offer an extensive mental wellness program through Modern Health, an organization that provides free therapy and coaching services to employees and dependents.