Mojang Studios is looking to unlock increased productivity and advanced capabilities inside and outside of the game by developing AI products. This role will guide and build solutions for a variety of teams and data modalities across the studio, impacting workflows, internal tools, and player experiences.
Requirements
- Experience in AI/ML (Machine Learning) principles, frameworks, and tools (e.g., PyTorch, Generative AI, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), with experience in big data technologies like Spark (PySpark) and Databricks.
- Skilled in Python (C-Sharp/TypeScript a plus), modern dev practices (Agile, GitHub, Azure DevOps), and designing, deploying, and monitoring cloud infrastructure for AI systems.
- Familiar with multiple data modalities and ML domains: computer vision, audio, predictive modeling, NLP (Natural Language Processing), time series forecasting, graph networks, deep learning, and reinforcement learning.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and productionize AI (Artificial Intelligence)/GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence) services and platform components for internal and player‑facing experiences across Minecraft and other titles.
- Create reusable AI building blocks and reference integrations to accelerate teams and drive studio‑wide AI enablement.
- Own cloud infrastructure & MLOps (Machine Learning Operations): data pipelines, training/evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and operational support.
- Improve reliability, performance, and cost with guardrails, fallback paths, SLOs (Service Level Objectives), and actionable runbooks.
- Engineer for security, privacy, and compliance through secure data patterns and threat modeling.
- Embed responsible AI principles (fairness, transparency, player safety) into system design and operations.
- Collaborate cross‑discipline to solve product problems and deliver measurable business/player impact; participate in design/code reviews and pair programming.
Other
- Embody our Culture & Values
- Document and communicate: share learnings to upskill the studio and present findings/opportunities to leadership.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
