Game Designer, Games, DeepMind

DeepMind
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

C Sharp (Programming Language)
Design of User Interfaces
Python
Software Engineering
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Generative AI

Job description

  • Inspire others with strong creativity that meets the constraints of a brief.
  • Create and iterate on prototypes of experiences using generative AI systems.
  • Lead creative brainstorming sessions and generate novel ideas for generative AI applications and features across a range of genres in gaming and interactive entertainment.
  • Develop and refine effective prompts for generative AI systems, optimizing prompting workflows for desired outputs and exploring novel techniques.
  • Analyze and interpret the behavior of generative AI models, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in game design, including one or more shipped commercial titles.
  • Experience architecting agentic workflows and implementing generative AI models within a game production or software development pipeline.
  • Experience leading experimental design projects or Research and Development initiatives.
  • Experience with UI/UX systems or mechanics that focuses on player accessibility and cognitive load management.
  • Experience prototyping using industry-standard engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal) or scripting languages (e.g., C#, Python)., * Experience developing games on multiple platforms (e.g., Unity, Godot, Unreal or similar).
  • Experience in Quality Assurance (QA).
  • Experience in UI/UX design.
  • Ability to learn new skills and adapt to changing technology and new opportunities.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

About the company

DeepMind has long-established connections with Gaming, whether through early AI-breakthroughs mastering Atari games or Starcraft, and more recent research with Genie and SIMA agents. Inception runs like a startup, balancing high energy idea generation with pragmatic, clear and regularly refined operations. This collaborative, multidisciplinary group is situated primarily in London and Mountain View with collaborators across the globe. It has a sizable and different portfolio of early stage, design focused projects, with a focus on breakthrough experiences that wouldn't be possible without AI. In this role, your mission is to create gaming experiences that wouldn't be possible without AI. You will bring these to life by collaborating with cross-functional, cross-organizational teams. You will have the creative flair and technical knowledge to communicate ideas with rapid prototypes. You will facilitate creative ideation sessions to uncover ideas that inspire teams and match creative briefs. You will join a team of talented and supportive individuals who openly share ideas with one another. Artificial intelligence will be one humanity's most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority. We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

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