AI Programmer
Aquiris Game Studio, Brazil

Aquiris is looking for a rare talent to join our team. For this position you will work closely with designers and content creators to bring the team’s vision to life.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI systems for Wonderbox: The Adventure Maker and tooling for Game Designers to balance such systems;
• Develop solutions to ensure a low memory footprint, over the air update capabilities, and low CPU usage for the games you work on;
• Participate in code review sessions;
• Participate in sprint planning, and help to estimate engineering-related tasks;
• Document all implementations, and whenever possible, introduce an automated generation of documentation;
• Maintain and fix bugs on the systems you develop, including the production environment.

Requirements

• Experience working with at least one enterprise-level object-oriented programming language, and knowledge of one or more dynamic languages;
• Experience solving problems and optimizing the performance of the software you develop;
• Experience developing systems in the games industry;
• Good problem-solving capabilities, analytical and critical thinking, Good verbal, and written communication skills;
• Experience working with a game engine (Unity or Unreal Engine 4);
• Experience with soft-AI (pathfinding, flocking, behavior trees, and so on).

Major pluses

• Strong math skills with emphasis on 3D vector math;
• Good understanding of game engine architecture;
• Experience working with agile methodologies;
• Experience working in an environment with microservices and Web APIs;
• Experience with multiplayer game programming;
• Experience working with large-scale projects;
• Experience working with Unreal Engine 4;
• Experience working with version control (Git).

Job Rewards and Benefits