AI in game studio engineering hiring
The 37 game studios we track and two different kinds of AI in their engineering roles: the AI coding tools engineers use, and the gameplay AI they build.
As of 13 Nov 2026, 26 game studios have 440 open engineering roles: 54 (12%) mention AI coding tools; 3 are gameplay AI roles by job title.
How to cite: quote the figure with its date and link this page. EngAI Signal is built from public job postings, 1,200+ companies tracked. How the data is collected
A mention is not adoption, and not a requirement. A posting can name a tool the team uses, is trying out, or lists as nice to have. These are counts of job postings, not of users or seats.
Two kinds of AI, counted separately
Snapshot: 13 Nov 2026 (last completed crawl)
AI coding tools: used to build the software
12%
54 of 440 open engineering roles mention them
At 11 of 26 studios hiring engineers
Postings whose text mentions AI coding tools or practices, such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor or AI-assisted development. The same measure as the rest of the site.
Gameplay AI: built into the game
3
Gameplay AI roles among the 440 open engineering roles
At 2 studios
Roles whose job title names game or NPC AI, such as “AI Programmer” or “Gameplay AI Engineer”. Counted from job titles only, and never added to the AI coding figure.
Studios hiring engineers
| Studio | Open engineering roles | Mention AI coding tools | Gameplay AI roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| RobloxUnited States | 170 | 8 (4.7%) | 0 |
| Riot GamesUnited States | 74 | 8 (11%) | 0 |
| Epic GamesUnited States | 57 | 11 (19%) | 2 |
| ScopelyUnited States | 34 | 6 (18%) | 0 |
| VoodooFrance | 17 | 7 (41%) | 0 |
| 2KUnited States | 14 | 3 (21%) | 0 |
| Tripledot StudiosUnited Kingdom | 12 | 3 (25%) | 0 |
| GameloftFrance | 11 | 1 (9.1%) | 0 |
| Good Job GamesTürkiye | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| SupercellFinland | 7 | 3 (43%) | 0 |
| KRAFTONSouth Korea | 6 | 3 (50%) | 0 |
| Rockstar GamesUnited States | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| AnkamaFrance | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Embark StudiosSweden | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Paradox InteractiveSweden | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 bit studiosPoland | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Avalanche StudiosSweden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kepler InteractiveUnited Kingdom | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Snowprint StudiosSweden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Deck13Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goodgame StudiosGermany | 1 | 1 (100%) | 0 |
| NordeusSerbia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| People Can FlyPoland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SharkmobSweden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ten Square GamesPoland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WoogaGermany | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The same list, with country and role-level filters: game studios with open leadership roles.
AI coding tools in studio postings
The matched sentence from recent open roles, one per studio.
…integrating LLMs or other generative models into real-time applications is a plus Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code) to improve development efficiency is a plus Live-service game experience is a plus EPIC…
…Cocos Creator 或 Three.js 等 H5 引擎。 4. 熟悉主流广告平台的试玩规范，有包体压缩、资源加载、内存和渲染优化经验。 5. 有 AI 辅助开发的实操经验（Cursor、Claude Code 等）。 6. 有游戏感，理解玩法的乐趣点和用户心理；沟通主动，能独立推进项目。 7. 具备良好的英语读写能力，能处理日常沟通（会议、文档、留言）；口语流利者优先。 加分项 - 熟悉…
Voodoo · 海外休闲游戏高级试玩广告开发工程师 Senior Playable Ads Developer – Cocos/H5 (China)
…Tailwind CSS, C++, Lua, contributing to or managing a design system. An agentic mindset and fluency with AI coding tools: you look for ways to automate, delegate, and structure work so that both people and agents can do it…
…is about making Brawl Stars toilet break-friendly. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING - Design, build, and ship AI-native engineering capabilities that change how our engine and game teams develop, integrate, validate, and deliver software.…
Gameplay AI roles
Recent open roles whose title names game or NPC AI.
- Senior AI Programmer
Epic Games · Cary,North Carolina,United States; Cary, North Carolina, United States
- Senior AI Programmer
Epic Games · BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations; Cary, North Carolina, United States
- Programmeur (-euse) senior en IA / Senior AI Programmer
People Can Fly · Montréal, QC, Canada / Remote
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