Job Description

WB Games Montreal, a division of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), seeks a Senior Gameplay AI Programmer to work with its game development team responsible for a new AAA title.

Your New Role…

In this role you will be responsible for the design, development, maintenance and optimization of AI cross-platform and algorithms, including the behavior of non-player characters and navigation in the game.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Design, develop, maintain, and debug effective Gameplay AI systems.
• Collaborate with team members to develop sustainable, efficient, and specific technologies and codes for continuous improvements.
• Collaborate with the gameplay programming team and design teams to integrate and use the developed systems to create a good gaming experience.
• Gather all game and level design requirements and needs and document the systems.
• Actively participate in game support and resolution of low and high-level issues.
• Act as a mentor with lesser experienced team members.

Qualifications & Experience…

• 5+ years of experience in game development.
• Have worked on at least one AAA title for consoles that has been published.
• Ability to communicate with game design team members.
• Mastery of C++.
• Extensive experience in AI and game programming: behavior design, pathfinding and navigation, decision systems.
• Experience in large-scale programming for game consoles, at all stages of the production cycle including prototyping, production, and delivery.
• Strong skills in mathematics (3D, linear algebra, trigonometry) and good understanding of animation technical constraints.
• Experience in parallelized systems programming.
• Skills in optimization and debugging on PC and consoles.
• Knowledge of development tools such as Perforce, JIRA, and other version control and bug tracking tools.
• Knowledge of UE4 / UE5 engine is considered a great asset.