Staff Software Engineer - Central Technology, Data Foundations

Riot Games • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $192,500 - $269,400

About The Position

As a Staff Software Engineer in Riot Data Foundations, you will help shape how Riot collects and uses data to improve experiences for players and Rioters. Working closely with a product partner and technical lead, you will expand data consumption and reporting capabilities and build solutions that improve the development lifecycle for data engineers and insight analysts across the organization. You will also help enable advancements and rapid iteration in machine learning and other technical pipelines. The role calls for experience with globally distributed systems and collaboration with a team of software engineers to build efficient solutions. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the team.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ML operations, pipelines, and infrastructure.
• Experience with open-source ETL frameworks such as Airflow, Luigi, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance systems that help team members more effectively use tools in the data ecosystem.
• Attend stand-ups and team rituals and work with other software engineers to deliver team goals.
• Participate in code reviews with other team members and provide meaningful reviews.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support live products.
• Collaborate with non-technical customers to accomplish deliverables.

Benefits

• Open paid time off policy.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Parental leave for the employee, their spouse or domestic partner, and children.
• 401(k) with company match.

What This Job Offers

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