AI Programmer - Remote

Overview

People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA games development studios with an international team of hundreds of talented individuals working from offices located in Poland, UK, US, and Canada, and from all over the world thanks to our remote work programs.

In Short

• Implement tasks and features in a timely fashion with minimal support from more senior programmers.
• Collaborate with more senior developers to breakdown tasks, update progress, ask questions and raise issues when needed.
• Collaborate with PCF Framework to integrate shared components and augment stability/features of shared modules.
• Participate in code reviews to share knowledge and learn from other team members.
• Create documentation according to Team Standards.
• Work across multiple disciplines on the behaviors of a large variety of non-player characters.
• Work closely with the design team and iterate with them on game features while gathering feedback from iterations.
• Create dedicated tools and features.
• Test, debug, profile and optimize implementations.
• Maintain and extend the existing Unreal Engine AI framework and tools.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in game development on console/PC.
• Participation in the production of at least 1 title during the production cycle.
• Strong skills in primary programming language (C++), fluent usage.
• Solid foundation in mathematics (3D math, matrices, linear algebra).
• Basic knowledge of physics and classical mechanics.
• Good understanding of algorithms and techniques commonly used by AI teams in games.
• Experience in performance measurement and optimization.
• Experience in programming AI topics such as movement, navigation, or decision-making logic.
• Ability to write solid, reliable, and efficient code.
• Experience with source control and code review tools (Swarm, Perforce, Git, etc.).
• Good knowledge of Unreal Engine.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Benefits

• Benefit package 100% paid by PCF.
• Full dental coverage, including major dental and orthodontics.
• 4% RRSP matching before tax deductions, 100% vested on day 1.
• Paid week off during Winter Holidays.
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
• Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.
• Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
• Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.