Senior Game Services & DevOps Architect

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open paid time off policy

Flexible work schedules

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave for you, your spouse/DW

401k with company match

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Wild Rift to lead core feature development and set engineering standards. You will apply deep technical expertise and vision to improve player experience and scale our global services, partnering with leadership to align Riot-wide initiatives.

You will grow and coach a cross-disciplinary team, drive architectural decisions, and coordinate with Riot Central technology to deliver world-class solutions in a fast-moving live game

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, computer engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years professional software engineering experience in game development, Infra/SRE, or Software engineering teams.
• 4+ years as a tech lead guiding the direction and implementation of game services, infrastructure, devops, and live operations.
• Experience translating a long-term technical vision into a roadmap that your teams successfully executed against, with evidence of course-correcting when priorities shifted.
• Experience leading technical discussions such as technical design reviews and code reviews across organizations
• Mandarin fluency required.

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering strategy and technical roadmap to develop our global service and infrastructure with an understanding of our audience and product goals
• Manage and scale multiple engineering disciplines to support product needs across the product lifecycle and ongoing live operations
• Lead the long-term evolution of game services and infrastructure ownership, including transitioning capabilities into the team and building the organization and operating model to run them sustainably over time
• Collaborate in technical/architectural discussions, provide direction and drive decision-making
• Partner with product and delivery as they define product features and product roadmap, and collaborate to develop strategies for improving team health and effectiveness
• Collaborate and coordinate with Riot Central technology teams to efficiently deliver world-class solutions
• Drive the planning and execution of engineering work including requirements gathering, technical discovery, technical design, and work breakdown and estimation.
• Directly accountable for the technical success of the team including ownership of our systems, services, AI adoption, infrastructure, and devops operating well and in a cost-effective manner in live environments
• Identify, interview, and hire software engineers to support Wild Rift team and goals
• Support engineers with performance management, and career management and development including stretch opportunities for them to grow
• Create a culture of leadership across engineering by seeking different perspectives at all levels to solve problems and contribute ideas

Skills

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Game services

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Computer Science

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Wild Rift to lead core feature development and set engineering standards. You will apply deep technical expertise and vision to improve player experience and scale our global services, partnering with leadership to align Riot-wide initiatives.

You will grow and coach a cross-disciplinary team, drive architectural decisions, and coordinate with Riot Central technology to deliver world-class solutions in a fast-moving live game