Company Overview

At EnGarde Games Group, we’re an independent studio focused on building deeply immersive and technically innovative games for console and PC. We combine narrative-driven design with smart, efficient systems that scale across platforms. Now, we’re looking for an AI/ML Engineer to help bring our NPCs to life with rich, responsive behavior.

Job Purpose

As an AI/ML Engineer, you’ll design and develop lightweight but powerful NPC behavior systems for our multi-platform game. You’ll collaborate with designers, programmers, and artists to ensure that our in-game characters respond in natural, believable, and optimized ways — all while staying within the memory and performance limits of modern consoles.

Key Responsibilities

Develop scalable AI systems for real-time NPC behavior using Unity or Unreal
Implement behavior trees, pathfinding, and memory/knowledge sharing structures
Collaborate with game designers to define NPC goals, reactions, and systems logic
Optimize AI for performance across consoles and PC
Debug and profile AI behavior in builds and dev tools
(Optional) Integrate LLM-based solutions via cloud services to enable dynamic NPC interactions
Maintain clean, modular, and well-documented code

Requirements

Proven experience building lightweight AI systems for games, especially NPCs
Strong understanding of behavior trees, pathfinding, and basic state/memory systems
Familiarity with Unity or Unreal Engine
Comfort working alongside designers and gameplay engineers
Solid understanding of optimization for console platforms
Bonus: Experience with integrating LLMs (e.g., GPT-based systems) via cloud backends

Performance Expectations

NPC systems run smoothly across platforms with minimal performance impact
Behaviors are modular, tunable, and designer-friendly
Responsive, believable AI enhances player immersion and gameplay
Features are delivered on schedule and integrated into live builds

Benefits & Compensation

Competitive gross salary: €35,000 – €55,000/year
Flexible employment format: full-time, contract, or freelance
Fully remote or hybrid work options
Paid time off and local holiday coverage
Annual bonus based on project milestones
Learning and development https://engarde.lt/mogulir/2021/04/poodj7atts841.jpg (courses, conferences, AI tools)

Challenges & Opportunities

Build foundational NPC systems for a new cross-platform IP
Shape how intelligence and decision-making drive game dynamics
Explore next-gen AI with optional LLM-driven narrative interaction
Join a compact, ambitious team where you’ll have a major voice in tech direction
Opportunity to grow into a Lead AI role as the studio scales

AI/ML Engineer