Title: Technical Game Designer III, Machine Learning Location: Santa Monica, CA - Hybrid Duration: 12 months Compensation: $90/hr - $110/hr. Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S. Engineers at client master their craft by building, launching, and operating games that delight players all over the world. As a Technical Game Designer, you will dive into projects that focus on leveraging team cohesiveness and cross-team goals to deliver amazing player experiences. You'll lead development efforts, steer design processes, and exemplify the team's culture. As a Technical Game Designer on the AI Foundations team, you will contribute to both the engineering and design efforts to deliver robust and reliable ML/AI systems to help accelerate titles throughout the Game AI development lifecycle. You will use your design expertise in game mechanics, games systems architecture, and understanding of AI/ML data systems, to help us deliver unmatched player impact. You will be collaborating closely with other engineers, researchers and designers across multiple teams, upleveling/mentoring them. You will report to one of our Technical Product Managers on client AI Foundations team. Responsibilities: • Apply deep design, engineering and game design expertise to develop tools to support the delivery of scalable production-grade ML systems. • Support real-time in-game experiences with continuous delivery/optimization of robust AI powered designer tools to ensure rigorous ML operations. • Identify and implement technical improvements to account for future gameplay needs and allow designers to scale their impact. • Work closely with Product Management, Game Designers, Researchers and Engineers to drive the implementation of solutions, to deliver AI features for enhanced player experiences. • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality integration of complex Game Understanding Agents to enhance player experiences. • Support researchers, designers, and QA with tools and automation to enhance the efficiency and repeatability of their workflows. • Define standards within designer tools to craft maintainable implementations, and look for innovative ways to bridge the gap between AI research and game specific player facing features. Required Qualifications: • 4+ years of experience in professional game design, or equivalent experience • 4+ years of experience in professional engineering or technical game design, or equivalent experience • Familiarity with common tools for machine learning and modern MLOPs platforms. Including understanding of model training, evaluation, and deployment lifecycles. • Professional experience using an object-oriented programming language. • Experience planning technical and design efforts for projects. • Experience owning features in a rapid development environment. • Experience balancing product goals with design decisions. • Track record of shipping experiences for titles using Unreal Engine, working with Blueprints, and/or other technical workflows. • Experience coaching those around them across all roles, and mentoring mid and senior level engineers. • Excellent written and verbal communication. • Experience designing systems in large, ambiguous spaces. Desired Qualifications: • Experience with Game AI. • Experience leading game features. • Experience with both gameplay and systems design • Experience working on PVP action games. • Experience Developing in C++. Our benefits package includes: • Comprehensive medical benefits • Competitive pay • 401(k) retirement plan • …and much more! About INSPYR Solutions Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com. INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities