Engineering Manager, Automation & Build Systems

Riot Games; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a small team focused on automation and build systems for our Unpublished R&D Product. You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and ensure scalable pipelines across a distributed team while delivering high-quality MMO workflows.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in software development, 2+ years of leadership, deep C/C++, and strong Unreal Engine experience with automation tooling.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of development experience as a software engineer, including shipping one or more games or products on large code bases spanning multiple platforms.
• 2+ years experience directly leading engineering teams as a people manager.
• Proficient in C and C++, with strong debugging skills and solid game/software design patterns.
• Experience developing real-time online multiplayer games using Unreal Engine, with expertise in automation tooling and build pipelines.
• Strong collaboration across time zones with product and discipline leads.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 2–6 engineers through all phases of product development.
• Set technical direction across time zones in partnership with leads.
• Design and implement large-scale automation and build tooling.
• Lead architecture, design and hands-on implementation across relevant systems.
• Grow team capabilities through coaching and hiring.
• Foster player-first engineering culture with collaboration and best practices.
• Identify, interview, and hire software engineers to scale the team.
• Coordinate with Core Tech Engineering Manager to plan content stability and testing.
• Troubleshoot live service issues as part of on-call rotation.

Skills

Leadership

C/C++

Unreal Engine

Online multiplayer

Cross-team collaboration

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Telemetry tooling

Build pipelines

Job description

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a small team focused on automation and build systems for our Unpublished R&D Product. You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and ensure scalable pipelines across a distributed team while delivering high-quality MMO workflows.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in software development, 2+ years of leadership, deep C/C++, and strong Unreal Engine experience with automation tooling.