Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Altera. MBA @ MIT.
Ideal candidate is a "full-stack" game developer with a focus on client-side gameplay engineering.Minimum 2 years of game development experience.Job is in-person in Menlo Park, CA.Responsibilities include:
Develop and optimize JavaScript action code for agents to interact with Minecraft using the Mineflayer API
Integrate agents in to Mods for a variety of other games
Develop SDK's and client API's to support inclusion of agent in to Unity and / or Unreal projects
Work with AI and back-end developers to create tools to support agent analysis and creation
Support development of the Altera app that links agents to games and mods
Having fun playing with our agents!
Must-haves:
Front End Gameplay Game Development
Unity or Unreal Experience or equivalent
Experience integrating client-side gameplay with servers
Experienced in version control and code reviews, familiar with automatic integration, deployment development environment.
Strong problem-solving skills, with a knack for creative and innovative thinking.
Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
Bonuses:
Traditional game AI development (state machines, hierarchical goal networks, etc...)
React / Javascript development (web and/or native)
Minecraft Modding, particularly with the Mineflayer API
Minecraft playing or server hosting experience
Other Game Modding, particularly survival crafting games such as Valheim or Conan Exiles, and UEFN, or Roblox
Python
AWS (Cloudfront, S3 integration)
ML/AI integration / training
Employment type
Full-time
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