[Hiring] Working Student AI Balancing / Machine Learning Engineer @Goodgame Studios

Role Description

Are you excited about working at the frontier of AI-assisted game development and helping shape balancing workflows powered by modern AI tooling? Join us as a Working Student AI Balancing / Machine Learning Engineer and help build the next generation of AI-native balancing pipelines and live balancing workflows for a new entry in Goodgame’s Empire franchise.

You’ll work alongside producers, QA, game designers, and engineers of an established Empire-franchise team with a 200+ million-player IP. The role offers hands-on experience at the intersection of AI, balancing, live operations, and game production in a highly iterative environment.

YOUR MISSION

• Support balancing and simulation work across core game systems: heroes, troops, economy, progression, and events
• Help improve and operate our AI-assisted balancing toolchain and workflows
• Build scripts, automations, and ML-supported workflows to improve balancing efficiency and iteration speed
• Analyze balancing data, simulation outputs, and player behavior signals to support balancing decisions
• Work closely with game design, QA, engineering, and production on balancing topics and tooling improvements
• Help document and structure balancing processes, prompts, datasets, and workflows for scalable AI-assisted production

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in Data Science, AI/ML, Mathematics, Game Design, or a related field
• Strong interest in AI-native workflows, automation, LLM tooling, or machine learning applications
• Comfortable working with modern AI tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar
• Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and structured thinking
• Interest in strategy games and balancing systems

Requirements

• Nice to have: Experience with game balancing, simulations, data analysis, or modding
• Nice to have: Experience building small ML projects, agents, automations, or personal AI workflows