Nitrode

AI game development engine & platform

Founding Artificial Intelligence Engineer

$100K - $160K1.00% - 3.00%San Francisco, CA, US / Remote
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Machine learning
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
Visa
Will sponsor
Skills
C++, Python
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Ben Kim
Ben Kim
Co-Founder

About the role

About Us

Nitrode is building an AI-powered game engine and platform that supercharges developers into expert game developers. Designed to break traditional timelines, Nitrode enables developers to create complex, fully functional games in just two days — a process that once took months or even years.

We’re pushing the boundaries of game development, and the next generation of top-tier games will emerge from Nitrode. Join us to revolutionize the gaming industry.

Feel free to learn more about Nitrode on our Launch YC page:

https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MiJ-nitrode-ai-assisted-game-development-platform

Responsibilities

•    Design, build, and iterate on production-grade AI agents: tool use, orchestration, planning, and reasoning workflows

•    Define and own evaluation and benchmark suites to measure agent behavior, response accuracy, and tool integration

•    Build and maintain the infrastructure to support agent deployment, monitoring, and scaling

•    Architect and develop the game asset generation pipeline: from raw inputs through feature extraction, alignment, structural modeling, and rendering or scene assembly

•    Develop robust preprocessing, alignment, and calibration steps for multi-view inputs, and optimize for speed/quality trade-offs

•    Research, evaluate, or prototype novel vision / structure from motion / 3D reconstruction / spatial consistency methods to improve fidelity and generalization

Why Join Now?

This is a rare opportunity to help define the core architecture of a new game engine — at a moment when AI is rewriting what’s possible. As a founding engineer, you’ll shape not just the product, but the company and the entire industry as a result. You’ll have massive ownership, and creative input in something that will redefine game development forever.

If you have any questions, email us at recruiting (at) nitrode.com. Think this job isn’t for you, but you know someone who’ll be the perfect fit? We’re doing a $3K referral bonus if you find our next hire. Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/JgLSLSgYc1QtYmGv7

About Nitrode

Nitrode is an AI game development engine designed to transform your gaming experience. Whether you're an aspiring game developer or a passionate gamer, Nitrode empowers you to effortlessly build, launch, and play your favorite games. Leveraging AI, Nitrode streamlines the game creation and launching process, allowing creators to focus on their vision without getting bogged down by mechanics or technical complexities.

Nitrode
Founded:2024
Batch:W25
Team Size:4
Status:
Active
Founders
Sejoon Chang
Sejoon Chang
Co-Founder
Richard Gu
Richard Gu
Co-Founder
Ben Kim
Ben Kim
Co-Founder
Brian La
Brian La
Co-Founder