Own the implementation, hardening, and polish of game AI behaviors and systems for shipping. Collaborate with design, animation, and other disciplines to tune AI features and support the creative vision. Ensure reliable, stable enemy behaviors and enhance existing architecture. The role requires deep Unreal Engine and modern game AI experience, strong C++ skills, animation systems knowledge, and at least one shipped game title focused primarily on AI.

Develop cinematic and narrative systems for a story-driven first-person shooter. Design pipelines and tools, implement animation blueprints, montages, level sequences, and visual scripting, and provide technical direction for character animation integration. Collaborate with audio, lighting, animation, and narrative teams to improve storytelling and emotional fidelity. Optimize cinematic systems for performance, reliability, scalability, and creative iteration while diagnosing issues and delivering work on schedule.

Lead engineering teams developing and polishing dynamic gameplay and narrative systems for a AAA game. Own major subsystems, drive systems to shipping quality, create technical roadmaps, manage schedules and outsourcing partners, oversee console porting and optimization, and mentor programmers. Collaborate across studio disciplines while contributing to architecture, coding, testing, debugging, performance improvement, documentation, and development lifecycle practices.