Director, Software Engineering - League of Legends

3 Months ago • 10 Years + • Research & Development • $252,700 PA - $379,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director of Software Engineering for League of Legends PC will lead an engineering organization responsible for Champions, gameplay systems, and game features. This role involves shaping the technical vision, driving roadmap execution, collaborating with product management and design, and fostering a strong engineering culture. Responsibilities include hiring exceptional talent, developing organizational structure, cultivating a learning environment, ensuring roadmap alignment with technical systems, collaborating on a multi-year technical vision, communicating project progress, maintaining security audits and compliance, and working with cross-functional and distributed teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading and delivering complex technical projects in game development.
Must have:
  • 10+ years engineering experience
  • 4+ years people management
  • 2+ years managing managers
  • Lead complex technical projects
  • Build & operate multi-stack applications
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent
Good to have:
  • Experience in multiple tech domains
  • Games-as-a-service experience
Perks:
  • Open paid time off
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Parental leave
  • 401k with company match

Job Details

As the Director of Software Engineering for the League of Legends PC, you will lead an engineering organization that focuses on the Champions, gameplay systems, and game focused features in League of Legends. The teams you will support build technology for Champions, Summoners Rift, world class matching making, and much more.

You will shape the technical vision and drive the execution of the team's roadmap in partnership with other engineering leaders while working with cross functional roles in product management and design. You will strengthen the engineering culture in the organization and support the managers and engineers, working with them on growing their skills and helping them reach their career goals. You will report to the League of Legends PC Product Engineering Lead.

Responsibilities:

  • Hiring exceptional talent
  • Develop an organizational structure, in partnership with product and technical leadership, to accomplish the priorities of the teams and, the broader, League PC studio
  • Cultivate a learning organization, biased towards delighting players
  • Engage product leadership ensuring the roadmap evolves and shapes our technical systems, without compromising sustainability and stability while delivering exciting and engaging player experiences and capabilities.
  • Collaborate with the technical leadership on teams to establish a multi-year technical vision
  • Communicate progress on active projects to the organization, cross-discipline leadership team, partner teams, and stakeholders, highlighting risks, mitigations, and asks.
  • Ensure your teams are reviewing and maintaining the necessary security audits and compliance for the systems they own.
  • Work with engineering leads across League PC studio and Riot to align and champion excellent technical practices using best in class technology standards
  • Work cross-functionally on and with distributed teams

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of overall engineering experience, 4+ years of experience in people management, 2+ yrs managing managers
  • Demonstrated experience leading software engineering teams including mentoring and growing individuals into senior engineering and management roles.
  • Experience leading and delivering complex technical projects.
  • Experience building and operating multi-stack production applications with expertise in one of services, game tool, or gameplay tech stacks.
  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience as a Senior Software Engineer or higher.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience in multiple tech domains including services, front-end, game, and tools.
  • Experience running games-as-a-service

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code . Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming .

(Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $252,700 USD - $379,600 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

  • Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
  • Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
  • Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
  • Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

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