Principal Game AI Engineer

Ghost Story Games is hiring a Principal Game AI Engineer to finalize and polish AI behaviors and systems for Judas. The role owns making AI systems shipping-ready and collaborates with design and animation teams to ensure believable, reliable behaviors that support the creative vision and player experience.

Responsibilities:

• You will own the implementation, hardening, and polish of AI behaviors and systems to shipping quality
• 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

Requirements:

• Extensive Unreal Engine 4 and/or Unreal Engine 5 experience
• Deep experience with modern game AI architecture (Behavior Trees, pathfinding, perception systems)
• Strong knowledge of C++
• Ability to quickly understand existing code and enhance/extend an existing architecture
• Experience with modern animation techniques like root motion, distance matching, motion warping, blend spaces, and state machines
• At least one shipped title working primarily on game AI, preferably a AAA title in the action and/or FPS genre
• Experience with closing down heavily dynamic and/or procedural systems
• C#/Python/Blueprint experience