Senior Machine Learning Software Engineer - Maxis

Requisition Number: 166793

Position Title: Sr Software Engineer I

External Description:

Maxis

At Maxis, we excel at outrageous thinking. It's the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We're trailblazers and great storytellers. But it's not just about amazing your peers – it's about amazing yourself and our fans. Take risks. Work with dazzling minds and dare to dream big. Together, we can change the way millions play every day. The Sims 4 has an extremely unique player base, with 60% of our audience being women between the ages of 18-24. We are looking for someone with deep insights on how to create the best experience for our players.

Maxis is a leader in creating customizable and detailed simulation games. Our games require complex agent behavior modeling, advanced animation systems and efficient production pipelines. We are looking for engineers with a passion for games and a mindset for research to explore applications of AI/ML in procedural content generation, character animation and agent behavior.

You will report to a Director of Product Development. As a Machine Learning Software Engineer at Maxis, you will

• Propose and develop novel ML-based solutions in character animation, agent behavior and content generation (Animation/Audio/3D Geo).
• Design Machine Learning solutions that consider game development requirements:
• Usable workflows that minimize human intervention
• Usable workflows that minimize human intervention
• Low impact runtime complexity
• Learn by failing fast & failing often. Develop solutions by collecting academic and industry knowledge, rapid prototyping and iterating.
• Review and keep up-to-date with academic development in the field of Machine Learning (Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning).

Qualifications

Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered.

• Bachelor/Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent experience.
• 4+ year experience in a hands-on development role in games or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with Machine Learning:
• 1+ years of experience in the field and a practical approach to problem solving.
• Tensorflow, PyTorch, NumPy, SciPy or similar.
• Experience with deep learning and deep reinforcement learning.
• Experience working in collaborative environments with many-sided roles beyond engineering like design, audio, art and product management.

Pluses

• Experience developing animation systems or agent behavior systems for games.
• Experience developing content creation tools for games/film or a related field.
• Experience with Machine Learning techniques applied in the games domain.
• Experience with C++.
• Knowledge of Linear Algebra, Statistics and Mathematical Optimization.
• Familiarity using a commercial or a proprietary AAA game engine.

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Days Open: 165

Can this position be remote?: 1

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