Full-Time Principal Game Designer (AI)

We are looking for a Principal Game Designer (AI) to join our team and help craft a rich, responsive world filled with compelling NPCs and challenging enemies.

As a master of your craft, you'll focus on enemy design and AI behaviour systems that support meaningful player choice and create dynamic, engaging encounters across a variety of gameplay scenarios.

As a Principal AI Designer, you will:

• Design AI that is systemic, responsive, and creates meaningful player challenges.
• Create combat encounters that support variety, player choice, and tactical decisions.
• Define gameplay states that support player strategy and flexible AI behaviour.
• Work with animation, code, and art to bring responsive AI characters to life.
• Align AI design with world-building, story, and player experience goals.
• Build combat scenarios that scale in challenge and support different playstyles.
• Own AI systems from concept to delivery with clear vision and accountability.
• Tune AI behaviours post-implementation for balance and player satisfaction.
• Mentor designers and help raise the overall quality of design across the team.

What do you need to do this job:

• Proven experience designing AI and enemies for first/third-person action or RPG titles.
• Deep understanding of AI systems that create believable tactical/strategic enemy behaviours.
• Ability to design distinct enemy types with unique, compatible roles and behaviour sets.
• Proficiency in creating diverse unit combinations, providing gameplay variety and depth.
• Solid grasp of encounter pacing and second-to-second gameplay rhythm.
• Experience collaborating with animation, level design, and engineering.
• Excellent communication and clear, concise design documentation skills.
• Ability to prototype and adjust behaviours using Blueprint or similar tools.
• Passion for player choice, systemic design, and emergent gameplay.

You will also need to demonstrate that you have:

• Shipped one or more AAA titles using UE4/UE5 or a similar engine.
• Experience balancing difficulty and behaviour across a wide range of players.
• Strong grasp of combat pacing, player feedback, and moment-to-moment flow.
• Familiarity working with licensed IP and aligning with tone and canon.
• A collaborative mindset and strong ownership over gameplay systems.

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