Technical Game Designer III, Sandbox and AI - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games • Los Angeles, CA

81d

About The Position

As a Senior Technical Game Designer focused on the sandbox and AI, you'll build AI, content components, and encounters that create a living and delightful world. You will also help designers and engineers build and expand our engine capabilities creating powerful tools that can empower other designers to make varied and delightful NPCs and content. You will partner closely with design leads and engineering leads to translate ambitious creative visions into actionable, scalable technical designs. Through a mix of mentorship and content reviews, you also ensure that local designers are building the game with strong technical rigor. Reporting directly to the Lead Content Designer, your contributions will elevate the capabilities of the entire team on this ambitious project.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional Technical Game Design or related Tech Design or Engineering roles
• 2+ years of experience in either Enemy AI, NPC simulation, Encounters, or Content Design in real time games
• Proven experience shipping high-quality titles using Unreal Engine, demonstrating expertise in Blueprints, scripting, and technical workflows
• Experience with C++ and C#
• Deep understanding of gameplay system architecture, online networking, and AI behaviors
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working cross-functionally between engineering, test, production, art, and design
• Deep level of understanding of multiplayer PvE and PVP games (ARPG, MMOs, MOBAs etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience across real time combat, third person action, shooter, or MMO genres
• Direct experience with NPC simulation in open world games
• Experience with group based combat and cooperative play
• Experience with technical optimization and performance profiling within Unreal Engine.
• Is familiar with the LoL IP

Responsibilities

• Deliver on our AI and content aspirations in the solutions, content, and decisions in the details of design and implementation
• Be a hands on owner for a portion of NPC AI and encounters
• Create and provide multiple potential designs and solutions, articulating trade-offs and risks between different options
• Collaborate with engineering to define the technical strategy and execution of AI systems, encounters, and content tools like quests.
• Implement content as a vanguard in the most technical areas of design.
• Develop, advocate, and enforce a system of organizational excellence in content creation that allows for the long-term sustainability of software without being cumbersome to rapid prototyping culture.
• Implement gameplay workflows and tools within Unreal Engine to enable designers and artists to rapidly prototype and iterate.
• Proactively identify technical risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate clearly with team leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure high-quality implementation of complex gameplay systems, promoting performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Benefits

• Open paid time off policy
• Flexible work schedules
• Medical, dental, and life insurance
• Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
• 401k with company match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees