Senior Expert AI Programmer

Job Title:

Senior Expert AI Programmer

Requisition ID:

R025471

Job Description:

Elsewhere Entertainment is a new Activision studio formed to create an all-new franchise.  Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. We are hard at work developing a new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise.  Our studio and technology are built from the ground up, and we are committed to crafting an experience with an enduring legacy. Join our effort to build the next great AAA franchise and help us build the technology, processes and content to get us there. 

 

As a Senior Expert AI Engineer, you will drive innovation and quality in our AI systems, from the code itself, right up to bringing life to the systems and characters our players interact with. You will collaborate closely with engineering, content and design teams to deliver solutions that push the boundaries of what's possible in gaming. 

 

You’ll help us by… 

• Owning and driving AI systems and contributing to the tooling and scripting systems to support them. 

• Actively collaborating with design and content teams to learn and understand their needs. 

• Supporting colleagues and leading the charge to maintain excellence in contributions to our technology and culture, enthusiastically seeking out help, code reviews, and advice. 

• Mentor other engineers in engineering and AI system development. 

You’re awesome because you have…  

• 10+ years of experience, or equivalent education/work experience. 

• Solid knowledge of working and debugging in C++. 

• A strong understanding of one or more of a variety of areas in AI technology such as: 
  - Combat behaviors, character perception and decision-making systems. 
  - Ambient life behaviors. 
  - Navigation systems, pathfinding in 2D and 3D spaces, generation of interaction areas, such as cover and parkour points. 
  - AI locomotion systems, for executing character movement in concert with animation. 
  - Vehicle AI systems, from combat to ambient movement and chase behaviors. 

• Strong communication skills for sharing ideas clearly at a range of technical levels, learning from others, and giving meaningful feedback. 

• Strong mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry, and linear algebra. 

• Experience collaborating across disciplines, from gameplay engineering and animation to design and technical art. 

• A strong desire to iterate and gather feedback from colleagues, with a positive driv