Game Designer - Charing Cross

• Inspire others with creative work that meets the constraints of a brief.
• Build, playtest, and iterate on interactive proofs of concept using traditional game engines and generative AI systems.
• Work with researchers, engineers, and designers to find creative solutions and achieve project goals.
• Lead design workshops and brainstorming sessions to uncover novel AI applications across genres, from sandbox simulation to emergent narratives.
• Translate high-level AI capabilities into elegant game mechanics, intuitive player loops, and compelling interactive systems.
• Design core loops, mechanics, and gameplay systems that would be fundamentally impossible without AI.
• Bridge machine learning research and player-facing experiences by turning abstract AI capabilities into tangible game prototypes.

Technologies:

• AI
• C#
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Python
• Unity
• Unreal
• UX UI Design
• GameDev
• Architect

• We require a bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• We require 5 years of game design experience, including work on one or more shipped commercial titles.
• We require experience architecting agentic workflows and implementing generative AI models within a game production or software development pipeline.
• We require experience leading experimental design projects or research and development initiatives.
• We require experience with UI/UX systems or mechanics focused on player accessibility and cognitive load management.
• We require experience prototyping with industry-standard game engines, such as Unity or Unreal, or scripting languages, such as C# or Python.
• We prefer experience developing games for multiple platforms using Unity, Godot, Unreal, or similar tools.
• We prefer quality assurance experience.
• We prefer UI/UX design experience.
• We value the ability to learn new skills and adapt to changing technology and opportunities.
• We value excellent communication and collaboration skills.

We are Google DeepMind, a pioneering AI lab whose interdisciplinary teams advance AI to address complex global challenges and support high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for public benefit and scientific discovery, with safety and ethics as our highest priorities. Our teams work across domains and offer varied learning opportunities and career pathways. We have longstanding connections with gaming, from AI breakthroughs in Atari games and StarCraft to research with Genie and SIMA agents. Inception operates like a startup, balancing energetic idea generation with pragmatic, clear, regularly refined operations. This collaborative, multidisciplinary group is based primarily in London and Mountain View, with collaborators around the globe, and works across a diverse portfolio of early-stage, design-focused projects exploring breakthrough experiences made possible by AI.