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Staff Software Engineer, Engine & Tools - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games

Sydney

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Staff Software Engineer, Engine & Tools role at Riot Games for an unpublished R&D product, based in Sydney, Australia. You will design and implement AI/ML-driven tools and features, work closely with cross-disciplinary teams, and lead the application of AI/ML systems to solve developer and player facing problems. Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, 3+ years in game development tools & C++, and experience with AI/ML systems in production.

Core AIOn-siteFull-timePrincipalC++Unreal Engine

Staff Software Engineer, Engine & Tools - Unpublished R&D Product

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Core AIOn-siteFull-timePrincipalC++

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

On-site

Experience Required

8 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Staff

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

C++Unreal EngineAI/MLMachine LearningDeep LearningPythonPyTorchTensorFlowpandasMayaBlenderReinforcement LearningImitation LearningLLMAI Planning

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationMentoringProblem SolvingLeadershipAdaptabilityCreativityCritical Thinking

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

Reinforcement LearningImitation LearningDecision-making under uncertaintyLLMAI PlanningMulti-agent systemsPyTorchTensorFlowpandasMayaBlender

Key Responsibilities

•Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to discover and conceptualize opportunities for AI-powered workflow enhancements
•Partner with engineering leaders to help define the team’s future vision for AI-based developer tooling and workflows
•Lead the application of AI/ML systems to solve developer and player facing problems
•Architect and help implement the foundational elements of the game’s tools ecosystem
•Collaborate with artists, designers, QA, and fellow engineers to scope, architect, implement, and test AI/ML-based solutions
•Keep up with technical developments in the industry relating to AI/ML and find practical applications that help solve the team challenges
•Partner with central teams to share AI-based solutions across Riot’s portfolio
•Model the team’s best practices for tools architecture and implementation
•Mentor engineers across multiple levels as the team scales, and provide feedback that supports their technical growth
•Support and advance the team’s adoption of AI/ML tools for game development through mentorship, documentation, and advocacy
•Provide documentation and trainings on new tools and workflows to internal customers

Staff Software EngineerEngine & ToolsAI/MLGame DevelopmentC++Unreal EngineR&DSydneyFull-timeOn-site

Key Responsibilities

•Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to discover and conceptualize opportunities for AI-powered workflow enhancements

•Partner with engineering leaders to help define the team’s future vision for AI-based developer tooling and workflows

•Lead the application of AI/ML systems to solve developer and player facing problems

•Architect and help implement the foundational elements of the game’s tools ecosystem

•Collaborate with artists, designers, QA, and fellow engineers to scope, architect, implement, and test AI/ML-based solutions

•Keep up with technical developments in the industry relating to AI/ML and find practical applications that help solve the team challenges

•Partner with central teams to share AI-based solutions across Riot’s portfolio

•Model the team’s best practices for tools architecture and implementation

•Mentor engineers across multiple levels as the team scales, and provide feedback that supports their technical growth

•Support and advance the team’s adoption of AI/ML tools for game development through mentorship, documentation, and advocacy

•Provide documentation and trainings on new tools and workflows to internal customers