Senior Gameplay Programmer - AI

Job Description

• Collaborating across teams to drive player experience and feature quality with a focus on AI<>Player interactions
• Acting as a subject matter expert for our AI team, providing mentorship/assistance to more junior staff through code reviews and participation in our AI special interest group
• Creating features and systems that can work flexibly and dynamically across diverse environments and situations
• Architecting and implementing systems that are as simple as possible without compromising scalability and extensibility
• Accurately estimating assigned work, contribute to efforts to ensure work is in scope, and proactively update team on task status.
• Understanding complex existing systems and how they interact. Expand or create new systems as needed to deliver on the promise of our features
• Working across teams to understand how our internal customers use the tools and systems that we develop to deliver great gameplay experiences
• Driving new feature and architecture development within AI Systems

• Prior experience owning and delivering features in the areas of enemy, boss, or ally AI
• Extensive C++ skills
• Knowledge of memory management, performance optimization, systems interfaces, and other programming principles and best practices
• Knowledge of mathematical concepts, particularly 3D math and visualization using linear algebra
• An eye for player-centered design
• Ability and willingness to articulate strengths and weaknesses of proposed features, and to advocate for alternatives

• Competitive base pay
• Annual bonus
• Profit sharing
• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts for Sony products