# Senior Gameplay AI Engineer, Game Foundation

**Company**: Epic Games
**Location**: Cary
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739711

**Apply**: https://www.epicgames.com/en-US/careers/jobs/5741366004
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_355fd7c5-e3a

## Description

### Job Overview

We're seeking an experienced Senior Gameplay AI Engineer to join our Fortnite Game Foundations team. As a key member of our team, you will help redefine Fortnite's systems in Unreal Engine 6, using Scene Graph and Verse.

### Responsibilities

- Drive initiatives with minimal oversight to build strong, performant foundations that will last for years

- Analyze current Fortnite LLM systems and develop a strategic plan to unify them into NPC systems

- Improve current Reinforcement Learning strategies to target

- Ensure high-quality user experiences across all supported platforms, with attention to usability for developers new to UEFN

### Requirements

- Professional game development experience, including shipping AAA titles featuring gameplay AI

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, self-motivated, and able to work independently

- Strong understanding of gameplay AI systems such as Behaviour Trees, Finite State Machines, and Pathfinding

- Strong C++ skills for building efficient gameplay AI systems and tools

- Empathy for creators new to programming and game development, with a drive to make AI easy to use without losing flexibility or power

- Experience with live service games and consoles is a plus

- Experience in Machine Learning or LLM technologies; prior exposure through work, courses, or personal projects

### Benefits

Epic Games offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents. We also offer a 401k with competitive match, long-term disability, life insurance, and a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health.

### What We Offer

- Unlimited PTO and sick time

- 7 years of employment recognition with a paid sabbatical

- Company-wide paid breaks and events

- A collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment

- The opportunity to work on award-winning games and engine technology

- A competitive salary and benefits package

## Skills

### Required
- gameplay AI
- Machine Learning
- LLM technologies
- C++
- Behaviour Trees
- Finite State Machines
- Pathfinding

### Nice to have
- live service games
- consoles