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Sr. UI Engineer II
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We are creators of the hit survival-fantasy franchise State of Decay with a fan base of over 10 million players. As an independent member of Xbox Game Studios, we collaborate with a huge network of skilled specialists in all disciplines, providing incredible opportunities for joint development and learning.
Undead Labs has an opportunity for a Senior UI Engineer II to bring their experience and technical skills to State of Decay 3. The State of Decay franchise has attracted a loyal fanbase of millions of players, and you’ll play a key role in delivering the next installment of our story for them to enjoy.
As a senior member of the team, you will work with a team of UI engineers to design and implement high-quality UI for the game, and influence our processes and practices to continually raise our quality bar. Your skills in software development, debugging, design, and documenting engineering practices will be critical to your success. You’ll tackle complex software engineering problems, lead by example, and support other engineers through teamwork and mentorship in our shared goal of creating an amazing product.
At Undead Labs, we work in highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary teams because we understand that the best ideas are ones we generate together. Our studio operates independently within a network of first-party Microsoft studios. Please note: This position is based in Seattle, WA and follows a hybrid work model, with a minimum of 3 in-studio days per week.
Core Responsibilities and Objectives
- Work collaboratively with your colleagues to prototype, iterate on, and deliver a quality UI solution
- Build custom design and asset pipelines to streamline UI authoring and design/engineering handoffs
- Contribute to the core UI framework and help establish best practices around UI concerns like localization, accessibility, input management, data-binding, and more
- Address UI performance by improving render cost, minimizing memory footprint, JavaScript execution overhead, and more
- Apply your knowledge, critical thinking skills, unique perspective, and ideas to the production of our games.
- Be proactive in tackling technical issues.
- Provide mentorship to other developers and help shape team-wide development practices and standards to ensure the team delivers high-quality work.
Basic Qualifications
- Shipped at least one title
- Strong HTML/CSS/JS skills, with experience in large-scale or complex applications
- Excellent problem-solving skills and adaptability to changing requirements
- Passionate about developer experience and workflows, with a desire to improve how UI is created
- Pragmatic, with the ability to balance technical needs with business limitations
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders and across disciplines
- 6+ years of experience developing game UI, or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Working knowledge of Unreal Engine (4 or 5, 5 preferred)
Preferred Experience
- Experience with Coherent Gameface
- Experience supporting a live service title
- Experience with Svelte UI framework
Benefits & Perks
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Undead Labs and the state in which you work.
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance (Dependents and partners included).
- Discretionary time off and 18 company holidays & closure days
- 401k plan with 50% matching
- Subsidized transportation to and from work
- Professional growth resources
- Discounts on the Microsoft Games store
The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $180,000.00 - $215,000.00 per year.
The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role (except as noted below); the applicable base range will depend on various factors, such as complexity and responsibility of the role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.
At Undead Labs, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases and an annual bonus. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Undead Labs.
Physical Requirements
Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Close vision to monitors and screens, consistently working on computer equipment such as keyboards and monitors, long periods of sitting.
- Noise levels are low to moderate in the work environment.
Undead Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
Please note: any official communication about job opportunities will come from an undeadlabs.com email address.
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Location Details:
At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.
This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.
This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.
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Our team is a part of the Airo Growth and Innovation within GoDaddy, and we are looking to have a principal AI / machine learning scientist join this core Applied ML team. Our goal is to build and grow a community of ML scientists and engineers to learn, share and grow. We are committed to understanding all major business units very closely and we thrive to empower business results by leveraging AI and state-of-the-art ML algorithms.
This core Applied AI and Machine Learning team utilizes large-scale data to power various business areas, and our goal is to create cohesive navigation experience across channels and web pages, to help simplify and enhance the shopping experience for everyday entrepreneurs across the world to quickly find what they need on our website.
We are seeking a highly experienced AI/ML Scientist to lead research and development in Agentic AI systems and Reinforcement Learning (RL). This role focuses on designing intelligent agents capable of autonomous decision-making, planning, and reasoning in complex environments. You will work at the intersection of large-scale foundation models, multi-agent systems, and RL-based optimization, driving innovation for next-generation AI products.
What you'll get to do...
- Lead research and development of advanced Reinforcement Learning algorithms including policy optimization, hierarchical RL, and multi-agent RL systems.
- Design and implement agentic architectures that enable autonomous reasoning, planning, and sophisticated tool use.
- Pioneer the integration of Large Language Models with RL to create adaptive, goal-driven AI behaviors.
- Formulate hypotheses and conduct large-scale experiments to continuously improve agent performance and capabilities.
- Build sophisticated simulation environments for testing agentic behaviors and reward strategies.
- Leverage large-scale data to create cohesive navigation experiences that simplify shopping for entrepreneurs worldwide.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to translate breakthrough research into production-ready AI solutions.
- Mentor and develop junior scientists and engineers on RL and agentic AI best practices.
- Drive innovation across major business units by applying state-of-the-art ML algorithms to real-world challenges.
Your experience should include...
- Strong background in both machine learning/NLP and software development with hands-on Deep Neural Network experience.
- Proven expertise in Reinforcement Learning algorithms and autonomous agent design.
- Advanced algorithm design and programming skills in low-level languages (C++/Java) and scripting languages (Python/R/Scala).
- Experience working with live data including data cleaning, visualization, and modeling.
- Experience with distributed computing frameworks (Hadoop/Spark).
- Track record of solving meaningful real-world problems using principled ML techniques.
You might also have...
- PhD (Preferred) in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or related field with focus on Reinforcement Learning.
- Publications in top-tier AI/ML conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, ACL, etc.).
- Experience with multi-agent systems and game-theoretic approaches.
- Background in integrating foundation models with traditional RL frameworks.
- Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or frameworks.
- Experience deploying ML models at scale in production environments.
- Track record of mentoring and developing technical talent.
We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.
About us... GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.
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Compensation & Benefits:
What We Offer:
Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.
This role is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirement plan, paid sick time, paid flexible time off, paid parental leave, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, AD&D insurance, mental health or EAP programs, remote or hybrid work options, paid holidays, paid Wellness days, tuition assistance, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits, dependent daycare and backup care benefits, Employee stock purchase plan, financial education and advice; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy’s benefit plans and applicable law.
Actual compensation and benefits eligibility will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.
Compensation:
The estimated pay ranges for this role are listed below. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other forms of compensation, which may include a corporate bonus and/or equity awards, subject to the terms of applicable plans and individual eligibility.
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