Unreal Platform Lead - Cross-Team Tools & CI/CD

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness fund

Donation matching

Learning and Development opportunities

Job summary

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Unreal Ecosystem team. This on-site yet Australia-wide remote-eligible role focuses on driving the technical direction and building tools that empower game teams across Riot. Based in Sydney, we welcome candidates in AEST-aligned regions.

Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available. You will work with global partners to improve editor tooling, runtime infrastructure and CI/CD, delivering scalable solutions for VALORANT,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a comparable field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• 4+ years of professional C++ experience.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms and concurrency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of shared libraries, plugins, and tools used by multiple game teams.
• Drive technical roadmapping for platform capabilities and architectural direction.
• Champion technical designs and build consensus across diverse stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in the technical planning process breaking down multi-month work
• Uphold engineering excellence: lead code reviews, testing strategy, and cross-team practices.
• Write clear documentation and communicate technical details across teams and disciplines.
• Lead on-call rotation, resolve incidents, drive RCAs and systemic fixes.
• Mentor engineers to grow technical and soft skills across disciplines.

Skills

Software engineering

Cross-team collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

C++

Job description

Riot Games in Sydney is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Unreal Ecosystem team. This on-site yet Australia-wide remote-eligible role focuses on driving the technical direction and building tools that empower game teams across Riot. Based in Sydney, we welcome candidates in AEST-aligned regions.

Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available. You will work with global partners to improve editor tooling, runtime infrastructure and CI/CD, delivering scalable solutions for VALORANT,