Staff Software Engineer - Data Foundations

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 new and current technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver player value. As a Staff Software Engineer in Riot Data Foundations on the Data Experiences and Automation team, you will have the chance to affect how Riot collects and uses data to improve the experience for players and Rioters. You'll work closely with our product partner and technical lead to expand data consumption and reporting capabilities and build solutions to improve the development lifecycle for data engineers and insight analysts throughout the organization. You'll be helping as Riot enables advancements and fast iteration in Machine Learning and GenAI pipelines.You will bring your experience working with globally distributed systems and work with our team of software engineers to help build efficient solutions. You will report into the Engineering Manager of the team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or comparable field
Understanding of core data engineering concepts and data pipelines
7+ years experience in Python, and SQL
5+ years experience working with data warehousing
Experience in working in Agile and DevOps environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with ML Operations and GenAI pipelines and infrastructure
Experience with open source ETL frameworks such as Airflow, Luigi, or similar

Responsibilities

Build and enhance systems that allow team members to more effectively engage with the tools in our data ecosystem.
Attend stand-ups and team rituals, and work with other software engineers to deliver on team goals
Participate in code reviews with other members of the team
Be part of an on-call rotation to support our live products
Provide meaningful code reviews for other members of the team
Work collaboratively with non technical customers to accomplish deliverables