About Iconic: We're building digital actors: AI-driven characters that don't just talk, but act; shaping the world, responding to the player, and driving stories that evolve through both words and actions. The Mission: We believe games and interactive media are on the verge of a fundamental shift. Today's experiences are largely scripted, characters follow predefined paths, and player choice is limited. We're building systems that change that: digital actors that can think, communicate, and take action in real time. Our goal is to create worlds that are truly alive-where stories emerge from interaction, and every player experience is unique. Recent advances in AI make this possible for the first time. The challenge now is turning that potential into real, scalable systems that people can play. The Role: We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build the systems powering our digital actors and interactive worlds. This is a highly hands-on role working across gameplay systems, AI infrastructure, tools, runtime systems, and product features. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, designers, and artists to help turn emerging AI capabilities into real player experiences. This is not just an implementation role. You'll be contributing to the foundations of a new kind of interactive medium helping shape how intelligent characters behave, respond, and interact with players in real time. A background in games is not required, but a strong interest in games, simulation, and interactive systems is essential. What You'll Do: Design, build, and maintain production systems across multiple areas of the stack Contribute directly to gameplay systems, AI integrations, runtime infrastructure, and developer tooling Collaborate with researchers to help bring experimental systems into real products Work closely with product and design to build compelling interactive experiences Write clean, maintainable, and performant production code Help improve engineering practices, tooling, and workflows as the team grows Contribute ideas and experimentation around how AI can create new forms of gameplay and interaction What We're Looking For: Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience building and shipping production software Comfortable working across different languages, tools, and systems Strong problem-solving ability and willingness to learn new technologies quickly Interest in AI systems and how they can be applied to games and interactive experiences Interest in games, simulation, or emergent systems Collaborative mindset and comfort working in cross-functional teams Strong understanding of engineering quality and maintainability Nice to Have: Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal, or similar) Experience working on gameplay systems or real-time applications Familiarity with AI/ML systems, APIs, or tooling Experience in startups or small, fast-moving teams Personal projects, mods, prototypes, or game jams
24/06/2026
Full time
About Iconic: We're building digital actors: AI-driven characters that don't just talk, but act; shaping the world, responding to the player, and driving stories that evolve through both words and actions. The Mission: We believe games and interactive media are on the verge of a fundamental shift. Today's experiences are largely scripted, characters follow predefined paths, and player choice is limited. We're building systems that change that: digital actors that can think, communicate, and take action in real time. Our goal is to create worlds that are truly alive-where stories emerge from interaction, and every player experience is unique. Recent advances in AI make this possible for the first time. The challenge now is turning that potential into real, scalable systems that people can play. The Role: We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build the systems powering our digital actors and interactive worlds. This is a highly hands-on role working across gameplay systems, AI infrastructure, tools, runtime systems, and product features. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, designers, and artists to help turn emerging AI capabilities into real player experiences. This is not just an implementation role. You'll be contributing to the foundations of a new kind of interactive medium helping shape how intelligent characters behave, respond, and interact with players in real time. A background in games is not required, but a strong interest in games, simulation, and interactive systems is essential. What You'll Do: Design, build, and maintain production systems across multiple areas of the stack Contribute directly to gameplay systems, AI integrations, runtime infrastructure, and developer tooling Collaborate with researchers to help bring experimental systems into real products Work closely with product and design to build compelling interactive experiences Write clean, maintainable, and performant production code Help improve engineering practices, tooling, and workflows as the team grows Contribute ideas and experimentation around how AI can create new forms of gameplay and interaction What We're Looking For: Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience building and shipping production software Comfortable working across different languages, tools, and systems Strong problem-solving ability and willingness to learn new technologies quickly Interest in AI systems and how they can be applied to games and interactive experiences Interest in games, simulation, or emergent systems Collaborative mindset and comfort working in cross-functional teams Strong understanding of engineering quality and maintainability Nice to Have: Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal, or similar) Experience working on gameplay systems or real-time applications Familiarity with AI/ML systems, APIs, or tooling Experience in startups or small, fast-moving teams Personal projects, mods, prototypes, or game jams
About Iconic: We're building digital actors: AI-driven characters that don't just talk, but act; shaping the world, responding to the player, and driving stories that evolve through both words and actions. The Mission: We believe games and interactive media are on the verge of a fundamental shift. Today's experiences are largely scripted, characters follow predefined paths, and player choice is limited. We're building systems that change that: digital actors that can think, communicate, and take action in real time. Our goal is to create worlds that are truly alive-where stories emerge from interaction, and every player experience is unique. Recent advances in AI make this possible for the first time. The challenge now is turning that potential into real, scalable systems that people can play. The Role: We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build the systems powering our digital actors and interactive worlds. This is a highly hands-on role working across gameplay systems, AI infrastructure, tools, runtime systems, and product features. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, designers, and artists to help turn emerging AI capabilities into real player experiences. This is not just an implementation role. You'll be contributing to the foundations of a new kind of interactive medium helping shape how intelligent characters behave, respond, and interact with players in real time. A background in games is not required, but a strong interest in games, simulation, and interactive systems is essential. What You'll Do: Design, build, and maintain production systems across multiple areas of the stack Contribute directly to gameplay systems, AI integrations, runtime infrastructure, and developer tooling Collaborate with researchers to help bring experimental systems into real products Work closely with product and design to build compelling interactive experiences Write clean, maintainable, and performant production code Help improve engineering practices, tooling, and workflows as the team grows Contribute ideas and experimentation around how AI can create new forms of gameplay and interaction What We're Looking For: Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience building and shipping production software Comfortable working across different languages, tools, and systems Strong problem-solving ability and willingness to learn new technologies quickly Interest in AI systems and how they can be applied to games and interactive experiences Interest in games, simulation, or emergent systems Collaborative mindset and comfort working in cross-functional teams Strong understanding of engineering quality and maintainability Nice to Have: Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal, or similar) Experience working on gameplay systems or real-time applications Familiarity with AI/ML systems, APIs, or tooling Experience in startups or small, fast-moving teams Personal projects, mods, prototypes, or game jams
24/06/2026
Full time
About Iconic: We're building digital actors: AI-driven characters that don't just talk, but act; shaping the world, responding to the player, and driving stories that evolve through both words and actions. The Mission: We believe games and interactive media are on the verge of a fundamental shift. Today's experiences are largely scripted, characters follow predefined paths, and player choice is limited. We're building systems that change that: digital actors that can think, communicate, and take action in real time. Our goal is to create worlds that are truly alive-where stories emerge from interaction, and every player experience is unique. Recent advances in AI make this possible for the first time. The challenge now is turning that potential into real, scalable systems that people can play. The Role: We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build the systems powering our digital actors and interactive worlds. This is a highly hands-on role working across gameplay systems, AI infrastructure, tools, runtime systems, and product features. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, designers, and artists to help turn emerging AI capabilities into real player experiences. This is not just an implementation role. You'll be contributing to the foundations of a new kind of interactive medium helping shape how intelligent characters behave, respond, and interact with players in real time. A background in games is not required, but a strong interest in games, simulation, and interactive systems is essential. What You'll Do: Design, build, and maintain production systems across multiple areas of the stack Contribute directly to gameplay systems, AI integrations, runtime infrastructure, and developer tooling Collaborate with researchers to help bring experimental systems into real products Work closely with product and design to build compelling interactive experiences Write clean, maintainable, and performant production code Help improve engineering practices, tooling, and workflows as the team grows Contribute ideas and experimentation around how AI can create new forms of gameplay and interaction What We're Looking For: Strong software engineering fundamentals Experience building and shipping production software Comfortable working across different languages, tools, and systems Strong problem-solving ability and willingness to learn new technologies quickly Interest in AI systems and how they can be applied to games and interactive experiences Interest in games, simulation, or emergent systems Collaborative mindset and comfort working in cross-functional teams Strong understanding of engineering quality and maintainability Nice to Have: Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal, or similar) Experience working on gameplay systems or real-time applications Familiarity with AI/ML systems, APIs, or tooling Experience in startups or small, fast-moving teams Personal projects, mods, prototypes, or game jams
About Iconic We're building digital actors: AI-driven characters that don't just talk, but act; shaping the world, responding to the player, and driving stories that evolve through both words and actions. The Mission We believe games and interactive media are on the verge of a fundamental shift. Today's experiences are largely scripted, characters follow predefined paths, and player choice is limited. We're building systems that change that: digital actors that can think, communicate, and take action in real time. Our goal is to create worlds that are truly alive-where stories emerge from interaction, and every player experience is unique. Recent advances in AI make this possible for the first time. The challenge now is turning that potential into real, scalable systems that people can play. OUR DESIGN TEAM The Design Team is a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to crafting compelling player experiences, from initial concept through to final implementation. Working closely with the Research, Art, Narrative, and Engineering Teams, the team translates the overall game vision into individual features, levels, quests, and encounters. Through creative problem-solving and continuous iteration, the Design Team takes ownership of features across the full development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality experiences are delivered to schedule. What You'll Do Develop feature designs and feature specifications for a broad range of game features Partner with research to build innovative experiences with cutting edge technology Maintain design documentation and be a major contributor to the ideation process Solicit feedback from a multi-disciplinary team of designers, artists, engineers and scientists Take ownership of features throughout their development, and act as an ambassador for the features you own Ensure the final delivery of features is fun, engaging, and meeting the expectations of our fanbase Develop feature prototypes to test and iterate on ideas early Ensure productive playtesting, fix reported bugs, and secure Director validation Iterate upon live experiences using direct player data and community sentiment What We're Looking For Proven game design experience on a high-profile console or PC title Experience working in a cross-discipline team to provide high quality features and content to players Experience prototyping game features A passionate gamer, with an ability to analyse game features and understand what makes them work A highly collaborative developer Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential Experience working with player data to improve game content Why Join Us Build at the frontier of AI and interactive entertainment High ownership and direct impact in a small team Work on technically challenging, meaningful problems Help shape how characters and animation behave in a new kind of interactive system London-based team with in-person collaboration
27/05/2026
Full time
About Iconic We're building digital actors: AI-driven characters that don't just talk, but act; shaping the world, responding to the player, and driving stories that evolve through both words and actions. The Mission We believe games and interactive media are on the verge of a fundamental shift. Today's experiences are largely scripted, characters follow predefined paths, and player choice is limited. We're building systems that change that: digital actors that can think, communicate, and take action in real time. Our goal is to create worlds that are truly alive-where stories emerge from interaction, and every player experience is unique. Recent advances in AI make this possible for the first time. The challenge now is turning that potential into real, scalable systems that people can play. OUR DESIGN TEAM The Design Team is a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to crafting compelling player experiences, from initial concept through to final implementation. Working closely with the Research, Art, Narrative, and Engineering Teams, the team translates the overall game vision into individual features, levels, quests, and encounters. Through creative problem-solving and continuous iteration, the Design Team takes ownership of features across the full development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality experiences are delivered to schedule. What You'll Do Develop feature designs and feature specifications for a broad range of game features Partner with research to build innovative experiences with cutting edge technology Maintain design documentation and be a major contributor to the ideation process Solicit feedback from a multi-disciplinary team of designers, artists, engineers and scientists Take ownership of features throughout their development, and act as an ambassador for the features you own Ensure the final delivery of features is fun, engaging, and meeting the expectations of our fanbase Develop feature prototypes to test and iterate on ideas early Ensure productive playtesting, fix reported bugs, and secure Director validation Iterate upon live experiences using direct player data and community sentiment What We're Looking For Proven game design experience on a high-profile console or PC title Experience working in a cross-discipline team to provide high quality features and content to players Experience prototyping game features A passionate gamer, with an ability to analyse game features and understand what makes them work A highly collaborative developer Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential Experience working with player data to improve game content Why Join Us Build at the frontier of AI and interactive entertainment High ownership and direct impact in a small team Work on technically challenging, meaningful problems Help shape how characters and animation behave in a new kind of interactive system London-based team with in-person collaboration