Senior Technical Designer - Frontiers Team - AI and Gameplay Systems at Artificial.Agency

About the Frontiers Team

The Frontiers Team operates as a forward-deployed, revenue-positive squad of senior engineers and designers embedded within top-tier or innovation-driven customers. Their mission: to co-develop features, tackle novel use cases, and harden our platform through real-world deployments. This team surfaces product innovations, accelerates integrations, and helps transform bespoke solutions into scalable, reusable assets.

Responsibilities

• Experiment with emerging AI and gameplay technologies to craft innovative, experience-centric designs.

• Design, prototype, and implement gameplay systems and behaviors using industry-standard scripting and visual programming tools such as Unreal Blueprints.

• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and customers to bridge design goals with technical implementation.

• Architect and extend core systems including 3Cs, inventory, interaction, and UI.

• Mentor peers and support customers across a wide range of technical skill levels.

• Maintain clean, extensible, and self-documenting implementations.
  

Skills

• Expertise in current NPC behavioural AI approaches such as Utility AI & GOAP and strong applied skills in Behaviour Trees, State Trees, and similar technologies.

• Genre-diverse experience to identify common requirements for shared systems development.

• Familiarity with fundamental game engine architecture and debugging tools, including world and entity lifecycles.

• Solid grasp of object-oriented principles (inheritance, interfaces, composition).

• Experience building and maintaining large-scale, extensible systems to AAA quality.

• Hands-on experience with multiple engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary.

• Experimental mindset, applying technology to create memorable player experiences.

• Practical understanding of game networking principles, specifically Unreal’s authority/owner model.

Behaviours

• Collaborative: partners effectively with engineers, designers, artists, and customers.

• Customer-focused: adapts designs and systems to meet diverse technical capabilities.

• Leadership-minded: mentors others and fosters a culture of shared learning.

• Adaptable: thrives while balancing multiple projects in fast-paced environments.

• Innovative: eager to experiment with new tools, technologies, and design approaches.

• Quality-driven: takes pride in maintainable systems and robust implementation.

Why Join Artificial.Agency

• Shape the future of AI-powered gameplay with ex-DeepMind scientists, engineers, and award-winning game developers.

• Enjoy a flexible work model with options for onsite, hybrid, or remote work, alongside competitive compensation.

• Join a team that values experimentation, creative risk-taking, and building ambitious, unforgettable experiences.

• Help define how intelligent characters and systems behave, learn, and play.