Senior AI Software Engineer, Coding Agent

London, United Kingdom March 12, 2026 Full Time Tencent Careers Portal (Proprietary)
About the Hiring Team Tencent Overseas IT has the mission to empower Tencent’s rapid global growth with future ready, global IT platforms, applications and services. We are chartered to lead the Overseas IT strategy, architecture, roadmap and execution. Satisfying our internal/external customers and becoming a world class global IT team are our top aspirations. What the Role Entails Position Overview: We are seeking a Sr. AI Software Engineer to architect and lead the development of a groundbreaking in-house AI Coding Agent. This tool will be a force multiplier for our game studios' development pipelines, designed to accelerate our developers by providing intelligent assistance for code generation, in-depth code inspection, and advanced debugging, etc. You will be responsible for the end-to-end architecture, design, and development of the core components of this AI-powered agent. This is a high-impact role that will directly influence our game development velocity and the quality of our games. Duties and Responsibilities Architect and lead the development of a robust, scalable AI Coding Agent tailored to our game development workflows (primarily for UE/Unity-based games in C++, C#, and other relevant languages). Integrate the AI agent directly into developer IDEs (like Visual Studio, VS Code) and our game engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Unity). Collaborate closely with game developers, technical artists, and engine programmers to gather requirements, understand pain points, and iterate on the tool's features. Optimize model inference speed and resource usage to ensure the agent is fast and responsive without hindering developer workstations. Mentor other engineers on the team and establish best practices for AI development, agentic RAG and agent-based architectures. Stay current with the latest research in AI, code generation, and LLMs to continuously improve the agent's capabilities. Who We Look For Who we are looking for Customer-oriented, and could work at a very
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