Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Gameplay Engineer)

Why Join Inworld Inworld is the leading provider of AI technology for real-time interactive experiences, with a $500 million valuation and backing from top tier investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12 fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, BITKRAFT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and First Spark Ventures. Inworld provides the market’s best framework for building production ready interactive experiences, coupled with dedicated services to optimize specific stages of development – from design and development, to ML pipeline optimization and custom compute infrastructure. We help developers bring their AI engines in-house with a framework optimized for real-time data ingestion, low latency, and massive scale. Inworld powers experiences built by Ubisoft, NVIDIA, Niantic, NetEase Games and LG, among others, and has partnerships with key industry players such as Microsoft Xbox, Epic Games, and Unity. Inworld was recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies in the world in 2024 and was named among LinkedIn’s Top Startups of 2024 in the USA. Your Impact Help shape the future of AI by developing and executing on the vision for AI-driven video games and interactive experiences. In this unique role as a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work closely with high profile partners to define, deploy and launch groundbreaking immersive experiences. This is an opportunity to build 0 to 1 product experiences at the intersection of many of today’s most transformative technologies. Work alongside top AI/ML engineering and product leaders to define requirements, collaborate with partners, solve technical challenges and launch our products. Requirements BA/BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or Game Development 3 years of Unity and/or Unreal Engine development experience 3 years of technical experience as a game developer Exceptional product intuition, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail Experience working with strategic partners and presenting to executives Passionate about learning and applying cutting edge AI research Understanding and experience with LLM prompt engineering Hacker mindset and ability to think outside the box Experience in programming AI, low-level networking, and audio is a big plus Responsibilities Work closely with our Product Partnerships teams to ensure that critical partner projects are successful Solve deeply technical challenges related to AI character interactions and behaviors Work closely with C-level executives and industry leaders to understand business and product needs and translate them into clear product requirements for our platform and characters Translate partners’ feedback and requests into product requirements and roadmap, driving prioritization and pre- and post-launch execution Develop vision and prototype/pilot versions of next generation immersive experiences Remote location: British Columbia, Canada. The Canada base salary range for this full-time position is C$130,000 - C$190,000. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes bonus, equity and benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including competencies and experience.