Senior Software Engineer, Riot Client - Publishing Platform

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

5d•$161,500 - $227,000

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. Riot Client is the gateway for millions of players to play, discover, and install Riot games, and every single desktop player goes through the Riot Client on their way to experience one of Riot’s games, 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, and is a fast-evolving desktop software that provides capabilities in game distribution, content publishing, social and internal development efficiency. Your work will be players' first touchpoint with the wide range of experiences that Riot has to offer, including League of Legends, Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, VALORANT, Legends of Runeterra, 2XKO, and beyond, and it is also an essential tool for internal game developers including live games and R&D games. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you will deliver high-quality technical solutions that improve the player experience across Riot’s out-of-game ecosystem. You’ll contribute hands-on across the software development lifecycle, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other cross-functional teammates to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable client capabilities. You will help shape technical direction within your area of ownership, make sound implementation and design decisions, and collaborate with peers across Riot to support game distribution, content, social features, and developer productivity. Through strong engineering practices, thoughtful code reviews, and mentorship of other engineers, your work will help advance the next generation of Riot Client experiences for players and developers.

Requirements

6+ years of related industry experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or comparable experience in software development
Expertise with C++ in application development
Experience in web development
Experience working with complex code bases
Experience of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and QA

Nice To Haves

Experience of working with desktop applications
Experience of working with Electron
Experience with build pipelines

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain desktop application features focusing on C++, with the ability to integrate with and contribute to web-based technologies
Deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable engineering solutions within your area of ownership, through hands-on contribution and technical design
Contribute to technical planning and design discussions, helping evaluate tradeoffs between long-term sustainability and near-term delivery needs
Build and apply a strong understanding of the Riot Client’s dependency landscape, partnering with teams to align on technical solutions
Work closely with cross-functional partners, including product, production, QA, design, and data insight
Level up other engineers through mentorship and technical guidance