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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.\nBeing 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.\nPROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE\nWhat We Do\nUnreal-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.\nWhat You'll Do\nEpic 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.\nIn this role, you will\nExtend, evolve, and maintain UE's NPC systems, including behavior, perception, and navigation\nDesign and present new technical design and APIs for NPC systems used by developers worldwide\nEvaluate and experiment with in-game generative AI features in close collaboration with Epic's ML research groups\nOptimize performance, memory usage, and scalability of NPC systems across UE\nWhat we're looking for\nShipped AAA titles with hands-on experience building AI systems (behavior trees, perception, pathfinding, etc.)\nProfessional experience with UE, preferably in system design\nStrong C++ skills and the ability to code and design core AI technologies\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously\nExperience integrating LLMs or other generative models into real-time applications is a plus\nExperience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code) to improve development efficiency is a plus\nLive-service game experience is a plus\nEPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE\nWe pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. \nABOUT US\nEpic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.\nLike what you hear? 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