Software Engineer - Game AI

Hadean is an award-winning, record-breaking technology enabler.

Our transformational software is changing the ways we plan, build, learn, work and live.

Through immersive virtual systems, unprecedented connectivity and near unlimited scalability we empower our partners to obtain critical, data-driven insights that enhance operational performance and increase their capabilities to drive productivity in ways that were not possible before.

We are bold in our approach and aren't afraid to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Hadean’s solutions have helped organisations including Microsoft, The British Army, Minecraft, The MoD, Sony, the Francis Crick Institute and more to achieve groundbreaking performances that have revolutionised their operations.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Game AI Engineer who is looking to apply their knowledge to a new and exciting challenge. You will work on huge simulations of the real world, proving the power of Hadean’s innovative technology to seamlessly weave together simulated and real-world data into ground-breaking and highly immersive, live training simulations. You will work with our team of infrastructure and distributed computing specialists to take the AI algorithms and tools that you know and demonstrate them at unprecedented scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Prototype and implement NPC and Bot simulation features and systems (e.g. path finding, movement, goal planning, crowds, swarms)

• Collaborate with Product and Delivery Managers to refine and design new features

• Write high quality, performant and maintainable code primarily in C++

• Participate in peer code and design review

• Maintain a backlog that balances the timely delivery of features with quality

• Drive continuous improvement in the engineering team

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of professional experience working on games or other 3D synthetic environments

• Experience developing AI games systems or defence or enterprise pattern of life simulations

• Extensive knowledge of game AI algorithms (e.g. pathfinding, steering, behaviour trees, state machines, sentiment, knowledge representation)

• Experience with Unreal Engine, VR-Forces and VBS highly advantageous

Job Benefits

We make Hadean an awesome place to work with competitive benefits…

• Hybrid working with 1 day per week in our fantastic office in Shoreditch, London

• Private Health Insurance

• Enhanced pension scheme

• Enhanced parental leave

• 3 extra days off at Christmas (on top of our standard 25)

• L&D budget

• Regularly scheduled socials

• Share options

A Place For Everyone

We believe diversity drives innovation and for that reason we strongly encourage those from all backgrounds to apply for roles at Hadean. We are an equal opportunity employer and aim to build a workforce that is truly representative of the communities in which we operate and our clients.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please speak with the People team who will be happy to support you. If you have a preferred pronoun, please feel free to highlight this during the process (e.g. she/her, he/him, they/them, etc.).