At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and deploy cutting-edge machine learning models for game development.
- Company: Join Epic Games, a leader in interactive entertainment and innovation.
- Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, pension, and mental well-being support.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Be part of a creative team pushing the boundaries of gaming technology.
- Qualifications: PhD or 3+ years experience in machine learning and game development.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
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.
What We Do
Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We're always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
You will work with our team of applied research engineers at the intersection of computer vision, gameplay agents, natural language processing, and machine learning to create state-of-the-art tools to support game developers in our ecosystem with a focus on bots (trained gameplay agents, intelligent NPCs, companions, world modeling), as well as automation of a number of key areas (including moderation, security, and QA testing). You will be responsible for the design, implementation and deployment of production-ready machine learning models that can be integrated in our ecosystem.
In this role, you will:
- Create and deliver production-ready, scalable and high-quality machine learning models and associated algorithms that can make actions in game environments.
- Critically assess the effectiveness of such models and make recommendations for the ongoing roadmap.
- Methodically understand and assess the effectiveness of new data channels and support collection/creation of new ones.
What we're looking for
- PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field, or 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience creating / applying machine learning algorithms for action modeling of bots behaviour, vision-based or language-instructed, and deploying them as production-level systems in-game.
- Expert, hands-on knowledge of deep learning, including but not limited to applications in the gaming industry.
- Foundational models and vision and/or language, especially vision-language-action models, reinforcement learning agents, including local deployment and model post-training of open weights models.
- Reinforcement learning, including experience with agentic systems, reward design, policy optimisation, evaluation, and building scalable training environments for agents.
- Python and associated ML tools/frameworks (numpy, scipy, sklearn, pytorch).
- Experience with working collaboratively with other developers, following a flexible/agile/lean approach.
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
ABOUT US
Epic 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.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer employer: Epicgames
Epic Games is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for passionate individuals in the gaming industry. With a strong focus on employee well-being, we offer comprehensive benefits including 100% coverage for health insurance, a robust mental well-being program, and opportunities for professional growth within the cutting-edge realm of Unreal Cloud Services. Join us in shaping the future of game development while enjoying a supportive environment that values creativity and teamwork.
