Principal Software Engineer - Riot Client

5 Months ago • 10 Years + • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer will be the Tech Lead for the Riot Client team, responsible for driving technical excellence and long-term direction. They'll manage dependencies, guide development, and collaborate across teams to enhance the player experience. Responsibilities include strategic planning, ensuring high-quality deliverables, mentoring engineers, and partnering with various disciplines (product, production, QA, design, data insight). The role requires expertise in C++, web technologies (React, Node.js), and building desktop client applications. The successful candidate will have experience leading long-term development efforts and possess excellent communication skills.
Must have:
  • 10+ years software engineering experience
  • 2+ years technical leadership
  • C++ and web tech (React, Node.js) expertise
  • Desktop client application development
  • Lead long-term development efforts
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • Electron experience
  • Build pipeline experience
  • Developer efficiency tooling experience
Perks:
  • Open paid time off policy
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Parental leave
  • 401k with company match

Job Details

Riot Client is the gateway for millions players to play, discover, and install Riot games. Every single player goes through the Riot Client on their way to experience one of Riot’s games, and ensuring their needs, whether they be providing more ways to discover games, engage with Riot’s culture & community, or getting into their game as fast as possible, is the primary goal of the Riot Client team. Introduced in 2021, the multi-game Riot Client is becoming a destination for players to engage with Riot games, events and communities. 

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be the Tech Lead on the Riot Client team. As a tech lead, you will be responsible for driving technical excellence and long term technical direction for the team, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. You will play a crucial role in guiding and mentoring our engineering team through the software development lifecycle. You will partner with different disciplines, and collaborate across teams and organizations at Riot to deliver the best player experience with sound architecture decisions. Your work will be instrumental for Riot’s out-of-game ecosystem to be successful by unlocking Riot Client’s next level of capabilities for game distribution, content, social and internal developer efficiency. 

Responsibilities:

  • Involve in high-level strategic planning and hands-on technical leadership with engineers to ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable engineering solutions 
  • Manage the wide Riot Client dependency map across Riot, understand the tech complexity and provide strong guidance on how to evolve the application with integrity
  • Partner closely with team engineering manager and across disciplines(product, production, QA, design, data insight) to achieve the best player experience  
  • Collaborate and align across teams and organizations to drive long-term technical solutions   
  • Develop a strong technical vision that incorporates different customer needs(players, game teams, internal developers) and drive the implementation 
  • Mentor other engineers in technical and interpersonal skills

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's, Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or comparable experience in software development
  • 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering. 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role or comparable experience
  • Expertise in C++ and web technology (React, Node.js) 
  • Experience in building desktop client applications
  • Have been responsible for driving the design and leading of development of long-term(1 year plus) efforts across teams, including stakeholder alignment, requirements gathering, planning, testing, and release 
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to work collaboratively with across disciplines and organizations  

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with Electron 
  • Experience in build pipelines 
  • Experience in developer efficiency tooling

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and 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 for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the and . 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 and our ongoing work to build the .

 

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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Riot Games is a video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer best known for League of Legends.

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