Senior/Lead AI Programmer

Crytek is a Games development company founded in 1999. The main office is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany with development studios in Budapest, Hungary and Kiev, Ukraine.

Crytek is dedicated to the creation of high-quality video games for PC and next generation consoles and 3D-Game-Technologies such as the CryENGINE® game engine.

The company's goal is to provide gamers with an intuitive user interface, innovative exciting gameplay, and revolutionary atmospheric visuals. To achieve this, Crytek has developed a highly advanced 3D Engine, the CryENGINE®, to surpass both today's and tomorrow's expectations for blockbuster games.

In addition to the in-house development of complete games, Crytek also licenses it's technology for use in other developer's game products.

Crytek's development team is comprised of game professionals from 27+ different nations. Crytek's office language is English.

Crytek Games are probably best known for the Crysis and Far Cry series of games. With our latest projects we are looking to build on this pedigree and create the next wave of jaw dropping, ground breaking games.

Our Senior/Lead AI Programmer must have:

-5 years+ experience in the games industry
-Developed an AI system for at least 2 high-profile titles
-Has worked in a lead position before
-Experience in state-of-the-art AI technology
-Experience in multiplatform development and making multiplayer games
-Debug and optimize NextGen Console and PC performance.
-Excellent C++ skills
-Excellent problem-solving skills
-Excellent software design skills
-Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills (must deal with non-programmers)
-Excellent mathematical skills
-Deep understanding of animation and physics systems
-Willing to relocate to Frankfurt am Main/Germany
-Takes initiative and is willing to expand his own horizon
-Passion for making games
-Ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development
-Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handles multiple tasks
-Experienced in providing mentorship to junior programmers
-STL experience
Preferences:

-Has used UML or some similar modelling approach in the past
-Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Lua)
-Experience with multithreading
-Experience writing technical documentation
-Published contribution to AI research
-Experience with agile methodology
Responsibilities:

-Responsible for the technological vision, research and future roadmap of the team
-Provide technological direction and leadership to the team members
-Research cutting-edge AI system design and techniques
-Develop an AI system for a high profile game engine
-Supervise a team of AI programmers and assist in work process when necessary
-Maintaining the team’s backlog
-Responsible for the planning process and daily operation of the team
-Communicate team’s status updates and risks to the R&D Manager
-Mentor and inspire junior programmers