Staff Software Engineer — Remote Gameplay Systems Lead

HellaGoodAudio; Sydney; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness fund

Donation matching

Learning and Development

Job summary

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (P4) to own key areas in our R&D title workstreams. You will design scalable systems, mentor teammates, and collaborate across disciplines to ensure high-quality player and developer experiences.

This full-time role can be based in Sydney or remote from anywhere in Australia, reporting to the Engineering Manager. Strong C++ and Unreal Engine experience are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering shipped or live services.
• Strong C++ fundamentals, data structures and concurrency.
• Experience shaping cross-team architecture and central tech.
• Ability to debug in development and live environments.
• Experience building games is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable, performant core systems.
• Drive technical decisions across services, engine and tooling.
• Collaborate with producers, QA, and engineers to ship features.
• Champion code quality, testing, and maintainable architecture.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to cross-team health.

Skills

6+ years experience

C++

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Unreal Engine

Live game development

Game development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Unreal Engine

Perforce

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (P4) to own key areas in our R&D title workstreams. You will design scalable systems, mentor teammates, and collaborate across disciplines to ensure high-quality player and developer experiences.

This full-time role can be based in Sydney or remote from anywhere in Australia, reporting to the Engineering Manager. Strong C++ and Unreal Engine experience are essential for success.