Middle Unreal Engine 5 Developer (AI)

Middle Unreal Engine 5 Developer (AI) for the announced game project Formind. Remote, full-time, up to 120,000 RUB. Focus on AI behavior, especially zombie behavior, using State Tree.

We are looking for a Middle Unreal Engine 5 developer for the announced game project Formind. We need a specialist who will be responsible for the AI direction, primarily zombie behavior: design, implementation, and support of game AI systems. The key requirement is confident knowledge of State Tree. This is the main tool you will work with. We need someone who understands how to build NPC behavior through State Tree, not just knows it in theory. An additional plus will be interest in modern AI tools (LLM, AI agents) and the desire to use them in a real production process: to speed up development, prototyping, analysis, documentation, and automation of work tasks.

Experience in commercial game projects on Unreal Engine 5; Confident knowledge of C++ in the context of Unreal Engine; Mandatory knowledge of State Tree and practical experience building NPC behavior on its basis; Good understanding of Gameplay Framework: Actors, Components, Controllers, Pawns, GameMode, GameState, PlayerState, Subsystems; Experience designing gameplay systems that can be maintained, extended, and reused; Understanding of architectural principles: separation of responsibilities, weak coupling of systems, work through interfaces, components, subsystems, and modules; Knowledge of common data-driven approaches: Data Assets, Data Tables, Gameplay Tags, configurations, setting up logic through data; Experience with Gameplay Ability System; Ability to independently decompose features, estimate implementation complexity, and bring tasks to production-ready state. Will be a plus: Experience with AI systems in UE5: EQS, Perception, Navigation; Experience with modular project architecture: plugins, runtime/editor modules, subsystems, reusable gameplay components; Experience in technical planning, solution review, or architecture discussion within a team; Experience with AI agents, LLM tools, or AI-assisted development; Interest in applying AI tools in a real production process: prototyping, code analysis, documentation, automation of routine tasks; Good self-organization: ability to plan your work, stay focused, and highlight risks in advance.

Fully remote format; Full-time, up to 120,000 rubles; Level: Middle; Work on the announced UE5 project Formind; Project details are discussed after initial contact.