Engineering Manager, Backend & Live Game Infrastructure

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Flexible work schedules

Open paid time off

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering within Riot Discovery Studio to lead a team of engineers building backend infrastructure and ship live services for an unpublished R&D product.

You will own the technical health of the services, drive architecture decisions, and mentor engineers across geographies while collaborating with product and central tech teams in a fast-paced, player-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• 4+ years of game development experience working in various platforms (i.e. mobile, console, PC, etc.).
• 2+ years experience in a leadership position, working directly on the production of a game as an Engineering Manager.
• Experience leading teams through feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support).
• Experience building reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Support defining the engineering strategy and technical roadmap to develop our global backend infrastructure.
• Manage and scale an engineering team to support product needs through various development stages.
• Partner with product and delivery as they define product features and product roadmap.
• Collaborate with Riot Central technology teams to efficiently deliver world-class solutions.
• Direct development and manage performance of external engineers in other geographies.
• Collaborate in technical/architectural discussions, provide direction and drive decision-making.
• Drive the planning and execution of engineering work including requirements gathering, technical discovery, technical design, and work breakdown and estimation.
• Own the technical success of the services team, including operational excellence and cost in live environments.
• Identify, interview, and hire software engineers to support team and Riot hiring goals.
• Support engineers with performance management and career development, including stretch opportunities for them to grow.

Skills

Software engineering

Game development

Leadership

Backend systems

Unreal Engine

Go/Java/C#

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering within Riot Discovery Studio to lead a team of engineers building backend infrastructure and ship live services for an unpublished R&D product.

You will own the technical health of the services, drive architecture decisions, and mentor engineers across geographies while collaborating with product and central tech teams in a fast-paced, player-focused environment.