Senior Software Engineer, Player Experience Tools & Services - Publishing Platform

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

16h

About The Position

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas, but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As Software Engineers, we work with both established and emerging technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver value to our players. As a Senior Software Engineer on Player Experience Tools & Services, you’ll enhance tools that our content creators use to inspire players to engage deeply within Riot’s publishing ecosystem. Our Sanity CMS captures content that will be distributed to our players through multiple websites, our game clients (such as League of Legends), our Riot mobile app, news articles and game patch notes. You'll enable our Content Publishing team to work efficiently to create experiences for players around the globe. This position reports to the engineering manager of the Content Publishing Experience team within Riot’s Player Platform, Player Experience organization. For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position! At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or comparable experience in software development
4+ years of industry experience
Experience writing JavaScript (ReactJS, TypeScript) for web applications and end-to-end tests
Strengths in collaboration, communication, technical requirements gathering, and determining technical strategy

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with customization of Content Management Systems (e.g. Sanity, Wordpress, Drupal, etc.)
Experience working with serverless computing (e.g. Netlify functions, AWS lambdas)
Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
Experience working with UX and visual designers

Responsibilities

Write web applications (Typescript, ReactJS) and integrations with 3rd party tools
Collaborate with technical leadership and peers to break down work and build important features
Maintain an appropriate level of quality by writing tests, using CI/CD, and following software development best practices.
Mentor other engineers in your areas of expertise
Participate in technical phone screens and onsite panels to help grow engineering team
Be on a rotational on-call schedule for live product and internal customer support

Benefits

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 benefits pages for more information.

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