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Senior Gameplay Engineer

2 days, 9 hours ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Game Developer
Software Development
C++ Unreal Engine
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2K

2K

2K is a top interactive entertainment company known for popular games like NBA 2K, BioShock, and Borderlands, offering engaging gaming experiences across multiple platforms.

Internet Software & Services
10K-50K
Founded 2005
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Description

  • Develop combat behaviors including target prioritization, weapon and ability use, movement, and disengagement.
  • Develop humanization systems such as aim, reaction time, and error models across difficulty levels.
  • Develop macro behaviors including team cohesion, traversal, pacing, events, looting, and progression.
  • Extend the utility AI framework with new behaviors, scoring, and tuning.
  • Maintain bot population performance through throttling, suspension, and level-of-detail management.
  • Extend bots to function as automated test clients for feature tests and match-scale load tests.
  • Build bot evaluation tools including debug visualization and playtest metrics.
  • Partner with design to tune bot behavior through playtests.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of gameplay or game AI engineering experience on shipped action games.
  • Strong C++ and Unreal Engine fluency, including AI controllers, navigation, and EQS.
  • Experience with utility AI or comparable decision-making architectures.
  • Experience with AI in networked multiplayer, including client/server authority, prediction, and dedicated servers.
  • Experience building humanlike combat AI with aim and error models, reaction time, and believable movement.
  • Experience optimizing many concurrent agents using LOD and tick throttling.
  • Preferred: experience with player bots in a competitive shooter.
  • Preferred: experience with Unreal Engine 5, StateTree, and the Gameplay Ability System.
  • Preferred: experience with control systems such as PID controllers and input simulation.
  • Preferred: experience with automated test clients and load testing.

Benefits

  • Base salary range in California: $108,900 to $161,160 per year.
  • Bonus and/or equity awards may be included in the total compensation package.
  • Eligibility to participate in the 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage.
  • 14 paid holidays per year.
  • Paid vacation of 15 to 25 days per year, or eligibility for discretionary time off.
  • Up to 10 paid sick days per year.
  • Paid parental and compassionate leave.
  • Mental health and wellness support, plus family planning support through Maven.
  • Commuter benefits and fitness-related expense reimbursements.

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