Staff Software Engineer: Lead Scalable Game Systems

Riot Games; Sydney; In loco; AUD 180.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness fund

Donation matching

Learning and Development opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

Riot Games in Sydney seeks a Staff Software Engineer (P4) to own key areas, design scalable systems, mentor teammates, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure a high-quality player and developer experience. You will work on core subsystems, tooling, and live game features with a focus on performance and scalability.

We value deep C++ expertise, game development experience, and the ability to contribute to cross-team architecture discussions, including central tech.

Competenze

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Expert proficiency with C++ and fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, concurrency.
• Experience shipping live or shipped products and cross-team architecture input.
• Experience building games is required.

Mansioni

• Lead design and development of scalable, performant foundational systems.
• Drive technical discussions across services, engine, and tooling.
• Collaborate with producers, QA, and engineers to scope and test features.
• Champion code quality, automated testing, and maintainable architecture.
• Debug complex issues in development and live environments with a player-first mindset.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to team health through documentation and collaboration.
• Identify risks and propose pragmatic solutions.
• Provide feedback to product leaders about product direction and player affinity.

Conoscenze

C++

Data structures

Algorithms

Concurrency

Cross-team collab

Mentoring

Formazione

Bachelor's in CS or equivalent

Strumenti

Unreal Engine

Descrizione del lavoro

Riot Games in Sydney seeks a Staff Software Engineer (P4) to own key areas, design scalable systems, mentor teammates, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure a high-quality player and developer experience. You will work on core subsystems, tooling, and live game features with a focus on performance and scalability.

We value deep C++ expertise, game development experience, and the ability to contribute to cross-team architecture discussions, including central tech.