Job Description

Description

The Senior AI Programmer role will report to the Lead AI Programmer. Senior AI Programmers are responsible for designing and implementing large scale AI systems with minimal guidance and providing technical support and mentoring to more junior members of staff.

They are also expected to be proactive in dealing with other disciplines to resolve problems quickly and elicit clear requirements and translate them into flexible reusable solutions. As well as solving challenging new technical problems, a senior AI programmer will have a good understanding of best-practice and standard techniques across a range of AI gameplay systems and will keep up to date on innovations within the industry.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver high quality AI gameplay systems using appropriate levels of abstraction Choose appropriate AI solutions to balance the performance and behaviour requirements of the game Identify and debug technical problems quickly and efficiently Prioritise, plan and manage the time of assigned tasks with minimal oversight Help define the technical direction and develop innovative solutions for difficult AI problems Help mentor junior members of the AI programming team, and communicate clearly with other team members and teams with minimal external help Support other teams with the use of AI systems developed by the team Use appropriate data structures and algorithms to maximize efficiency (for both development time and runtime performance) Be vigilant for and report new problems, delays and risks to the appropriate lead/director Request support from higher levels when required

Requirements

4 years experience working on AI systems such as perception, behaviours, navigation, decision making Excellent awareness of AI specific paradigms and algorithms including performance and trade-offs of different approaches Able to tune AI systems based on high level design input with minimal assistance Strong C++ programming and debugging skills Strong communication skills, and comfortable working across teams and mentoring staff. Extensive algorithm and data structure skills (including time and space complexity and real world vs theoretical performance) Able to understand and utilize multi-threading primitives Able to understand and utilize high level networking concepts Capable of reading and quickly understanding complex code Self-motivated and driven to creatively solve problems. Able to plan the work to build an entire sub-system including external dependencies with minimal input.

Benefits

Our Global Benefits & Perks

Unlimited coaching & therapy

-- with Oliva, to support your mental health

Stock Options

-- everyone owns a piece of our success

Pension scheme

-- up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years

Socials

--office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties

And even more benefits based on your location!

If you're based in the UK

25 Annual Leave + 8 bank holidays

- we're flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what's important to you

Private Medical Insuranc

e - full cover with AXA

Healthcare Cash Plan

- Level 3 cover with Medicash

Cycle2Work

Scheme

- lease a bike through us and save on tax too!

Electric Car Charging

- electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.

About Build A Rocket Boy

Build A Rocket Boy is an independent game developer, headquartered in Edinburgh Scotland, with operations in Budapest Hungary, the Netherlands, France, and California USA. Led by game developer Leslie Benzies, Build A Rocket Boy's team includes hundreds of the industry's brightest development talents with the shared vision to create new and innovative entertainment experiences. Build A Rocket Boy's first project is EVERYWHERE - a new multi-world game experience that blurs the line between reality and the digital world.