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archived Nov 12, 2026WHAT 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.
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.
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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 NPC systems, including behavior, perception, and navigation Design and present new technical design and APIs for NPC systems used by developers worldwide Evaluate and experiment with in-game generative AI features in close collaboration with Epic's ML research groups Optimize performance, memory usage, and scalability of NPC systems across UE
What we're looking for
Shipped AAA titles with hands-on experience building AI systems (behavior trees, perception, pathfinding, etc.) Professional experience with UE, preferably in system design Strong C++ skills and the ability to code and design core AI technologies Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work autonomously Experience integrating or other generative models into real-time applications is a plus Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g. ) to improve development efficiency is a plus Live-service game experience is a plus This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA & WA).