Staff Research Scientist – Tech Research
| Company | Riot Games |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- MS in Computer Science or equivalent with 6+ years relevant experience or BS in Computer Science or equivalent with 8+ years relevant experience
- 3+ years experience in deep learning
- 2+ years experience in reinforcement learning
- PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Familiarity with GCP or AWS
- Ability to read research papers and implement similar ideas
Responsibilities
- Propose, implement, and evaluate algorithms that can play games like a human at a high skill level
- Work with game teams to propose, define, and develop AI enabled features (e.g. practice opponents, metagame analysis, player coaching)
- Define and gather game state from the game server needed for training
- Optimize a distributed deep learning training infrastructure including algorithms, hyperparameters, CPU, memory, and I/O
- Inform and manage stakeholders on game teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of fundamentals of game theory
- Game development / game engine (Unreal) experience
- Distributed computing systems design