Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As a Software Engineer III, you'll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You'll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Build, Test, Ship team, you'll report to the team's Engineering Manager. You'll engineer solutions to achieve a high global quality of service for League of Legends & Teamfight Tactics, while improving the developer experience around operations and shipping new features. We'll need your experience with platforms and microservices to build reliable systems that are easy to understand and operate. You'll be working together with other backend service teams and have opportunities to influence the League-Studio-wide technical decisions.

Responsibilities:

Be a partner to the initiative product lead in discussions around prioritization, product direction, and technical needs
Partner with all teams in the initiative to synthesize and resolve technical issues
Develop and adopt tools that allow League of Legends platform to operate multiple games at scale
Build and operate scalable microservices that require performance and reliability
Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence
Collaborate effectively with other disciplines within game development
Participate in the team's on-call rotation
Participate in interviewing, and help with mentoring and career development of more junior engineers

Required Qualifications:

6+ years of deep hands-on programming experiences in one of the following programming languages: C/C++, Java, Go, Python, and C#
Experience as a team lead, defining software engineering best practices within your team, including design reviews, coding standards, code reviews, tools improvements, source control management, build processes, and testing
Experience operating & maintaining live web services including handling emergent issues and on-call troubleshooting
Experience mentoring more junior engineers and coaching less experienced developers from other disciplines
Experience collaborating within a cross-functional team and closely-related teams to complete feature work

Desired Qualifications:

Experience designing and developing test automation solutions
Experience with cloud-based services like AWS, Azure, or other proprietary variants
Experience developing and operating global large-scale services
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

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.

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.

(Mercer Island only) Base salary range between $183,300.00 - $256,600.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.