Manager, Software Engineering

2 Months ago • 5-7 Years • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Manager, Software Engineering at Riot Games, you'll lead a team (3-7 engineers) within the Game Operations team, supporting a live mobile game. Responsibilities include coaching engineers, ensuring adherence to best practices, driving team effectiveness, and overseeing technical health and implementation of products. You'll collaborate with other engineering teams, mentor engineers, champion hiring processes, and actively participate in technical discussions. Hands-on implementation is expected. The role requires experience in game development/support, leading engineering teams, recruitment, and familiarity with Java, C#, Golang, or C++.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software engineering experience
  • 4+ years in game development/support
  • 2+ years as tech lead
  • Experience managing engineers
  • Experience recruiting engineers
  • Java, C#, Golang, or C++ experience
Good to have:
  • Experience with large-scale service deployment and cloud infrastructure
  • Post-production and game operations support experience
  • Experience with backend distributed systems
  • Build & release pipeline management experience

Job Details

Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played video game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll predominantly offer creative solutions to organizational design. You’ll also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability. 

As an Engineering Manager within the Game Operations team, you will report to the Engineering Lead on an operations team that is supporting a live mobile game. You will be accountable for all technical decisions of your team’s focus areas, delivering  on the needs of the game team and reducing cost of operations through automation.  In addition to leading the team, you will be hands-on in implementation.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage a group of 3-7 software and infrastructure engineers, coaching them, holding them accountable to best practices and their growth plan 
  • Partner with discipline and product leadership to develop strategies for improving team health and effectiveness
  • Be accountable for the technical health of product and taking an active part in its implementation
  • Build healthy relationships with other engineering teams at Riot to foster cross-team collaboration
  • Mentor engineers in best practices for the current product phase
  • Champion your sourcing and hiring processes to identify and hire engineers

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years professional experience as a software engineer 
  • 4+ years working in  game development or support with contributions to at least 1 shipped title
  • 2+ year(s) as a tech lead guiding the direction and implementation of game features or services to 
  • Experience managing engineers and actively participating in their growth and development
  • Experience recruiting candidates and growing an engineering team
  • Experience participating in technical discussions such as technical design reviews and code reviews
  • Experience with Java, C#,  Golang, or C++

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with deployment of services and Cloud infrastructure at scale
  • Experience with support of  post-production and operations of game development.
  • Experience with backend distributed systems.
  • Experience with build & release pipeline management.

Don’t forget to include a resume and cover letter. We receive a lot of applications, but we’ll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously.

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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

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