Expert Gameplay Programmer - AI
CD PROJEKT RED2 days ago
Remote, Canada or Vancouver, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with designers and developers to help efficiently populate the open world.
- Build and maintain major spawning, AI, and systemic gameplay systems.
- Monitor and optimize open-world performance and memory usage.
- Develop strategies and improvements for technical systems and team workflows.
- Create debugging and designer tools for non-deterministic systemic gameplay.
- Conduct code reviews, review technical proposals, and mentor other developers.
- Write high-quality, optimized, and reliable code.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration across game systems and components.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional programming experience in the games industry.
- Strong proficiency in C++ and knowledge of Unreal Engine.
- Experience with procedural content generation and systemic gameplay.
- Experience with current-generation console hardware and AI systems in games.
- Understanding of geometric algorithms and data structures.
- Experience writing multithreaded systems and profiling and optimizing code.
- Ability to solve technical challenges creatively and strategically.
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with Mass AI in Unreal 5, ECS or Mass Framework, large development environments, and at least one shipped AAA title is preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Hybrid/in-office or fully remote work arrangement.
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and mental healthcare.
- Free mental health support, including counseling, psychiatric care, and well-being webinars.
- 26 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 12 calendar holidays per year.
- RRSP with employer matching.
- $100-per-month Lifestyle Spending Account for fitness, wellness, internet, home office equipment, learning, streaming services, and more.
- Menstrual leave of one additional day off for employees who menstruate.
- RED Parents Network support for working parents.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to trainings, lectures, courses, workshops, tutorials, and e-learning.
- Welcome pack and dog-friendly office.
- International work environment and casual no-dress-code workplace.
- Application window closes by 05/01/2027.
Tech Stack
C++Unreal Engine
Categories
Gaming
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a Warsaw-headquartered game development studio building story-driven role-playing games for PC and consoles. It is the creator of The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, and funds itself by selling premium titles and expansions worldwide. Founded in 2002, the studio operates globally with teams in Poland and a growing hub in Boston working on new installments and original IP.