Vertigo Games, one of the largest VR developers in the world, are looking to bring a Senior AI Programmer on to the team and build an ambitious, multi-platform VR action shooter.
As a Senior AI Programmer, you’ll work on the AI of their games using decisions trees within Unreal and any other AI systems required to create the fun and engagement that their designers are looking for. Additionally, you’ll work close together with their creative team to deliver features and improve workflows, functionality, and interfaces.
Your responsibilities…
Take ownership of the AI work, working closely together with the tech leads to make it fit the complete codebase and working closely together with the designers to identify the technical constraints based on their creative guidance
Help develop, expand, maintain, and support the AI systems, tools, and AI related gameplay elements
Use your knowledge of C++, object orientation, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures to create solid technical designs and efficient implementations for the required animation work
Constantly take performance into account so the games and experiences can keep running at a smooth 72+ FPS, even when rendering to both eyes and using the latest and greatest mobile hardware to do so
Analyse problems and debug them to quickly locate and fix challenging bugs
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…
Prior experience with real-time AI systems, such as decision trees to create challenging and engaging enemies for shooter games or similar
Experience writing on several games in C++ and have a proper understanding of all the basic concepts of the language such as object vs data oriented, approach, inheritance vs composition, pointers vs references, encapsulation, data structures, and their performance characteristics
Created one or more projects using the Unreal Engine, providing you with a good basic understanding on creating blueprints, optimising code through usage of C++, and the Unreal pipeline
Interest in AI technology, passion for character-based games, and good knowledge on AI solutions
Technical and collaborative mindset
Prior experience with VR titles is a bonus
Perks and benefits include…
Relocation cost compensation
Free pension plan
Career coaching and a personal development budget
30% income tax reduction for eligible expats
26 standard vacation days with an option to buy more
Free train travel to and from the office
Group activities and an annual VR game jam
The latest VR hardware and titles which you can borrow and take home
