Software Engineer II, Community Tech - Publishing Platform
About The Position
Riot Engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team objectives. You’ll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Community Tech Team, you’ll work closely with world-class designers, technical product managers, and engineers to implement the suite of products helping empower third-party developers and content creators to enhance player engagement for our games. You will help build services and web apps that help power Riot’s third-party integrations as well as building solutions for content creators to enhance player engagement. You will report to the Manager, Software Engineering for the Community Tech Team.
Requirements
- Full-stack software engineer with deep knowledge of modern frontend technologies
- 5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Expertise with modern full-stack development, including Next.js and Typescript
- Professional experience and proficiency with services development (preferably Golang)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, web infrastructure, and tooling for automated testing and deployment
- Experience mentoring and elevating technical standards across a team
Nice To Haves
- Experience with globally deployed platforms as well as distributed teams.
- Professional experience integrating web applications and services with Salesforce
Responsibilities
- Develop end-to-end internal web applications and player-facing solutions
- Maintain and evolve distributed services serving high-traffic APIs used by Riot’s third-party applications
- Create high-quality software by writing unit, functional, and integration tests
- Partner with product, quality, user experience, and visual design to create the best possible experience for players
- Lead technical design and architecture for complex systems, driving long-term maintainability and scalability
- Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through design reviews, architectural guidance, and best practice adoption
Benefits
- open paid time off policy
- flexible work schedules
- medical, dental, and life insurance
- parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- 401k with company match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
