Prodigy Labs · 19 hours ago
Senior Gaming Engine Programmer (Unreal & AI) | Build the "Digital Twin" Platform | Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $195K/yrProdigy Labs is focused on creating the world’s first Agentic Media Platform that features photorealistic, AI-driven Digital Twins of top experts. They are seeking a Senior Gaming Engine Programmer to develop high-performance C++ modules that enable real-time interaction between AI and digital humans, while optimizing latency and rendering for a seamless user experience.
Computer Software
Hiring Manager
Jeff Sampson
Responsibilities
Develop high-performance C++ modules that ingest real-time text/audio streams from our RAG AI (Python/Ollama) and drive MetaHuman facial animation (Audio2Face) instantly
Optimize the 'Time to First Token' (TTFT) loop to ensure the Mentor answers before the user blinks
Architect the engine for Pixel Streaming on Linux (Nvidia L4 GPUs) by stripping out unnecessary rendering overhead to maximize concurrent instances per GPU
Write reusable Unreal Plugins that allow our Technical Artists to hook up new 'Mentors' without writing code
Qualification
Required
Develop high-performance C++ modules that ingest real-time text/audio streams from our RAG AI (Python/Ollama) and drive MetaHuman facial animation (Audio2Face) instantly
Optimize the 'Time to First Token' (TTFT) loop
Architect the engine for Pixel Streaming on Linux (Nvidia L4 GPUs)
Write reusable Unreal Plugins that allow our Technical Artists to hook up new 'Mentors' without writing code
Core: Unreal Engine 5.7 (Source Build), C++ 20
AI Integration: Python, TensorRT, Nvidia Audio2Face SDK, REST/gRPC
Infrastructure: Linux (Ubuntu), Docker, Pixel Streaming, WebRTC
You don't just use Blueprints. You live in Visual Studio
You have modified the Unreal Engine source code to fit your needs
You know how to use Unreal Insights to find a 2ms stall on the Render Thread
You have experience integrating external APIs (GCP, AWS, Azure, Custom Backends) into a real-time engine environment
Preferred
Experience with GenAI (LLMs, RAG)
Experience with Virtual Production (ICVFX)
Experience with MMO networking
Company
Prodigy Labs
At Prodigy Labs, we practice **the art of intelligence**. In a world of endless data and decision fatigue, true potential can get lost in the noise.
Founded in 2025
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase