Senior Software Engineer - Data Foundations, Core Integrations and Architecture

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

2d•$161,500 - $227,000

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on Riot Games’ Core Integrations and Architecture team, you will help shape how Riot collects and uses data to improve experiences for players and Rioters. Working closely with the technical lead and a team of software engineers, you will build reliable data solutions that process petabytes of data and contribute to globally distributed systems. The work may include protecting player privacy, organizing and optimizing data warehouses with big data tools and cloud-based servers, building platforms for data ingestion and real-time analytics, supporting game teams’ feature needs, and enabling advances and fast iteration in machine learning pipelines. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the team. Riot Engineers bring deep technical expertise while contributing across broader domains, team cohesion, and cross-team objectives. In this role, you will lead without authority and model excellent engineering. Success depends on craft expertise, collaboration, and decisions that prioritize the needs of fellow Rioters. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a comparable field.
At least 5 years of experience with Java, Scala, or similar object-oriented programming.
At least 2 years of experience with Python and SQL.
Knowledge of a diverse set of public cloud technologies, such as AWS RDS, S3, EC2, EKS, and Lambda.
Experience working in an Agile and DevOps environment.
Knowledge of the data engineering space.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data engineering or data pipelines.
Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka or Kinesis.
Experience with Spark or PySpark.
Experience with machine learning operations pipelines and infrastructure.
Experience with open-source ETL frameworks such as Airflow, Luigi, or similar.

Responsibilities

Implement components and feature sets for data platform solutions across problem spaces including backend services, deployment, and monitoring.
Attend stand-ups and team rituals and work with software engineers to deliver team goals.
Participate in code reviews with other team members.
Take part in an on-call rotation to support live products.
Provide meaningful code reviews for other team members.
Collaborate with non-technical customers to accomplish deliverables.