Staff Software Engineer- League of Legends, Around Game Foundations

Riot Games • Los Angeles, CA

41d • $192,500 - $269,400 • Hybrid

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 software engineer, you'll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You'll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.
As a Staff Software Engineer on League of Legends, you’ll work with your engineering team to enable developers to create new around-game experiences that excite our new and long term players. You will report to the team’s Engineering Manager and work in a hybrid environment from our Los Angeles office.
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!
At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.
It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.
Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:
Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters
These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

Requirements

• 6+ years of game development experience
• 4+ years of professional experience in C++
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and software at a high scale
• Experience shipping software that deploys on a range of different platforms
• Experience collaborating across disciplines (e.g. Design, Art, QA, Production)
• Experience implementing software engineering best practices within your team, including design reviews, coding standards, code reviews, and testing
• Product sense, pragmatism, and player empathy in making tech decisions
• BS in Computer Science, or proven understanding of Computer Science fundamentals

Nice To Haves

• Experience playing League of Legends or strong motivation to learn and play
• Subject matter expertise building UI in games, including thorough understanding of common UI and software design patterns (e.g. MVC, MVVM)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain services integration layers that allow UI teams to reliably consume platform services data
• Lead technical design and implementation of systems leveraging your subject matter expertise in services integration
• Partner with UI engineers across teams to design core client systems and reusable UI components
• Teach other engineers services integration patterns to standardize how services are integrated into around game features
• Consult with backend engineers to integrate experiences with various complex microservices
• Give input on the evolution of the existing proprietary UI development framework used to build UI in League of Legends
• Ensure exceptional code quality by adhering to engineering excellence which includes: code maintainability, quality, monitoring, code reviews, and documentation

Benefits

• Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.
• We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match.
• Check out our benefits pages for more information.
• Base salary range between $192,500.00 - $269,400.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level