Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience & Workflows - VALORANT

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$192,500 - $269,400

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 a 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. Engineers join Riot to become masters of their craft. They bring a deep passion for helping bring joy to players via technical solutions. In Foundations, we focus on the game engine, content pipelines, developer workflows, and other critical core capabilities. As a Staff Software Engineer on VALORANT's Foundations Developer Experience & Workflows team, you will design and build solutions to improve the experience and efficiency of developers across the VALORANT organization as a multi-platform, continuous delivery studio. The tools and systems you create will enable a wide variety of internal stakeholders to develop for multiple consoles as seamlessly as possible alongside PC. Your work will touch a diverse set of technical areas in order to address needs wherever they exist. This role will report to the Engineering Manager on Foundations, Developer Experience & Workflows team.

Requirements

6+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including experience delivering live or shipped products at scale
2+ years professional experience with C++
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience
Have collaborated on cross-team development efforts (3+ months in scope), including requirements gathering, planning, and release

Nice To Haves

Experience shipping Unreal Engine games
Experience building developer workflows

Responsibilities

Create tools and systems that improve developer experience and efficiency.
Work with stakeholders across the organization to address their pain points and exceed their expectations for what development on VALORANT can be.
Influence software engineering best practices for development.
Develop sustainable solutions that are testable, robust, and will ensure a consistent player experience across platforms.
Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team.
Contribute to development efforts through effective breakdown and execution on multi-month development efforts.