# Senior AI Programmer

WHAT MAKES US EPIC? At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development. PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE What We Do Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide. What You'll Do Epic Games is seeking an experienced Senior Al Programmer to join our Unreal Engine (UE) NPC team, which owns the core NPC technology (behavior, perception, navigation, in-game generative Al, etc.) that powers characters in UE, Fortnite, and UEFN. You'll work on the systems every UE and UEFN developer relies on to bring NPCs to life. In this role, you will Extend, evolve, and maintain UE's N

- **Id**: 4218864
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/epic-games-senior-ai-programmer-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Cary, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T21:17:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T03:53:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4240
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: PC Games, Game Development, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 5583
- **Name**: Epic Games
- **Domain**: epicgames.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/epic-games>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.125
- **Repost share**: 0.125
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 65
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 190010
- **Max**: 278682
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 278682

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Unreal Engine** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: region
- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: region
- **Mexico** — Iso: MX; Kind: region
- **Anguilla** — Iso: AI; Kind: region
- **Antigua and Barbuda** — Iso: AG; Kind: region
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- **Belize** — Iso: BZ; Kind: region
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- **British Virgin Islands** — Iso: VG; Kind: region
- **Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba** — Iso: BQ; Kind: region
- **Cayman Islands** — Iso: KY; Kind: region
- **Costa Rica** — Iso: CR; Kind: region
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- **Grenada** — Iso: GD; Kind: region
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- **Honduras** — Iso: HN; Kind: region
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- **Martinique** — Iso: MQ; Kind: region
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- **Puerto Rico** — Iso: PR; Kind: region
- **Saint Kitts and Nevis** — Iso: KN; Kind: region
- **Saint Lucia** — Iso: LC; Kind: region
- **Saint Vincent and the Grenadines** — Iso: VC; Kind: region
- **Saint-Pierre and Miquelon** — Iso: PM; Kind: region
- **Sint Maarten** — Iso: SX; Kind: region
- **Trinidad and Tobago** — Iso: TT; Kind: region
- **Turks and Caicos Islands** — Iso: TC; Kind: region
- **United States Virgin Islands** — Iso: VI; Kind: region

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T03:53:38Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 22 · green card filings: 6; Filings 12m: 22

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 65
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T04:32:34Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 278682
- **Is top pay**: yes

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