Team Name:

Unannounced Project

Job Title:

Principal Software Engineer, AI - Unannounced Survival Game

Requisition ID:

R019756

Job Description:

We Want You

A new world and a new journey await you. It is a world different from any other Blizzard has created.

If you’re a passionate game developer, and, well, a good human being, then we’d love to talk to you. We have a new AAA survival game in the works, set in a new IP for PC/Console. It’s going to be amazing, and we’d love to bring you along for the ride. Together, we’ll build something big, bold, and beautiful.

We are seeking a Principal AI engineer to help populate our game with compelling inhabitants, present players with interesting challenges, and bring our world to life. If you are interested in collaborating with designers to craft creature behaviors, we need you!

We believe our team is good. Really good. Granted, we’re obviously biased. But we also believe there are lots of developers out there who can make us even better. You could be one of those people. If you’re looking for a team where inclusion, thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration are all seen as critically important, we believe our team could be a phenomenal fit for you. Join us and help craft our future!

Location flexible:

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY, or Irvine, CA.

We need help with

• Help us create a wide range of creatures and build a compelling, complex, and challenging world.
• Collaboration closely with our designers to bring our shared vision for this new world to life.
• Building on your experience to build all kinds of behaviors and abilities that are robustly engineered and can efficiently run in a complex real-time environment.
• Collaborating with content creators and other gameplay teams to learn to help our team build the best game possible.
• Championing Blizzard’s core values.

What you are good at

• Crafting AI behaviors for the modern, large-scale game world.
• Making and shipping AAA games!
• The ability to understand and write effective and efficient C++ code
• Communicating ideas clearly, learning from others, and giving meaningful feedback
• Math, with a strong proficiency in linear algebra, trigonometry, and 3D vector manipulation
• Collaborating with content creators (designers & artists).
• Actively and enthusiastically seeking out help, advice, and reviews
• Performance analysis and code optimization.
• Enjoy playing a variety of video game genres and titles.

Extra awesome points for

• Experience crafting AI systems for modern AAA game projects.
• Shipped AAA game titles or equivalent product development experience
• Familiarity with visual scripting languages (such as UE Blueprint)

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work/life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunities for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences ever. Join us!

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $146,000.00 - $270,004.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.