Senior Console Software Engineer: Platform & Perf

Riot Games; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and life insurance

401k with company match

Flexible work schedules

Open paid time off policy

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Console, to lead console development for an unpublished R&D product. You will work with engineers, QA, art and design to ensure the game meets creative and quality marks across platforms, hands-on in core feature development, and addressing certification requirements.

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Tech Foundations team within an R&D game project, mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence across the console

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years experience on console-specific game development
• Experience shipping one or more console platform titles
• Experience in performance profiling and optimization on console
• Experience implementing TCRs/TRCs for console platforms
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and solve complex problems with minimal support
• Experience collaborating with teammates across multiple disciplines
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with QA, engineers, designers and artists to meet technical, creative and artistic requirements on console
• Investigate, understand and solve complex console-specific technical problems
• Profile and optimize performance and memory usage on console platforms
• Integrate first-party features for each console platform into the game
• Drive the implementation of technical certification requirements on each platform
• Plan and execute engineering work for console including discovery, work breakdown and estimation
• Uphold engineering excellence through maintainability, quality, monitoring, code reviews and documentation
• Mentor new engineers and support their technical growth

Skills

Console development

Live/shipped product experience

Performance profiling

Team mentorship

Cross-functional communication

Problem solving

Strong CS fundamentals

Education

B.S. in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Console, to lead console development for an unpublished R&D product. You will work with engineers, QA, art and design to ensure the game meets creative and quality marks across platforms, hands-on in core feature development, and addressing certification requirements.

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Tech Foundations team within an R&D game project, mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence across the console