Senior Software Engineer (Match AI & Simulation)

Location: Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E15 2GW, Greater London. Hybrid working with 2–3 studio days; remote work by exception.

Company

hirify.global is a London-based game studio behind Football Manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe.

What you will do

• Develop, extend, improve, and maintain the football match simulation codebase, workflows, and tools.
• Design and implement game AI for match agents, including decision-making, positioning, rules enforcement, and tactical behaviours.
• Modernise monolithic AI systems using behaviour trees, finite state machines, utility-based systems, and other classical game AI techniques.
• Build and maintain ImGUI-based debugging and visualisation tools for inspecting agent behaviour.
• Collaborate with designers, QA, producers, and engineering teams on features, planning, and the long-term roadmap.
• Research simulation technologies and ensure deterministic, performant operation across platforms, including mobile devices.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional experience using C++ as the main language.
• Strong knowledge of C++, design patterns, and software engineering.
• Professional experience designing and developing game AI systems and simulation paradigms in the games industry.
• Hands-on experience with behaviour trees, finite state machines, utility-based systems, or similar game AI techniques.
• Strong mathematical, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Interest in and understanding of football; Football Manager fandom is beneficial.

Nice to have

• Experience with C# and Unity.
• Experience with or strong appreciation for deterministic simulation systems.
• Familiarity with Python and/or ImGUI.

Culture & Benefits

• Private healthcare, dental plans, travel insurance, and a contributory pension scheme with contributions of up to 7% of annual salary.
• Gym membership options, mental health and coaching support, and onsite physical and massage therapist services.
• Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella.
• Football club events, clubs and societies, a breakfast bar, and an onsite evening bar at the London headquarters.
• Collaborative, flexible, tenacious, and ambitious studio environment with support for professional growth and work-life balance.