Technical Director, Applied AI | Game Dev, R&D | Remote

Technical Director, Applied AI Game Development, R&D & Creative Technology | Remote Position Overview Beffio is looking for an experienced Technical Director, Applied AI to define how emerging AI technology can be practically applied across our game development, creative, and technical production workflows. This is a highly hands-on R&D role sitting between Engineering, Technical Art, Creative Technology, and AI . We are looking for someone with a strong technical foundation that existed before the current generative AI wave. You may come from software engineering, Technical Art, tools development, procedural systems, creative technology, graphics, or another deeply technical field. AI should amplify what you were already capable of building, not be the starting point of your technical experience. Your role will be to continuously explore new AI capabilities, identify where they can create meaningful value for Beffio , build working prototypes, validate them in real production scenarios, and turn successful experiments into workflows and tools that can be used by the wider team. Key Responsibilities Applied AI R&D Research and evaluate emerging AI models, coding agents, frameworks, workflows, and development tools. Identify practical opportunities for AI across game development, art production, engineering, and internal workflows. Build prototypes and proof-of-concepts to quickly validate ideas. Separate genuinely useful technology from short-lived trends and