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Salary: USD 180,000 - 210,000 / annual
Ghost Story Games, founded by Ken Levine (creative director of System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite) and former Irrational Games developers, is seeking a Principal Game AI Engineer to join the team working on Judas, a narrative-driven game built on novel technology where the visual world, gameplay, and story unfold dynamically and adapt to each player's experience.
In this critical role, you will own the implementation, hardening, and polish of AI behaviors and systems to shipping quality. You will take responsibility for bringing AI systems to a "shipping-ready" state, ensuring enemies react and behave in believable, compelling ways. You will collaborate closely with design, animation, and other disciplines to iterate on AI features, ensuring they support the creative vision and deliver an exceptional player experience. You will ensure the quality and stability of critical AI systems, taking responsibility for delivering highly reliable behaviors.
This is a remote position based in the US. The role requires extensive experience with modern game AI architecture and a proven track record of shipping games as an AI engineer, with strong technical abilities paired with a deep passion for player experience.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Extensive Unreal Engine 4 and/or Unreal Engine 5 experience
- Deep experience with modern game AI architecture (Behavior Trees, pathfinding, perception systems)
- Experience with modern animation techniques (root motion, distance matching, motion warping, blend spaces, state machines)
- Strong knowledge of C++
- At least one shipped title working primarily on game AI, preferably a AAA title in the action and/or FPS genre
- Ability to quickly understand existing code and enhance/extend an existing architecture
GREAT TO HAVE:
- Experience with closing down heavily dynamic and/or procedural systems
- Support build automation processes as needed
- C#/Python/Blueprint experience
