Senior Mobile Engineer (Unreal C++, TFT)

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Open PTO

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Mobile (C++ / Unreal) to advance mobile game development on Teamfight Tactics. You will design C++ systems for iOS/Android, diagnose cross-boundary issues, and lead engineering direction across the mobile stack.

You will collaborate with design, art, QA, and production, mentor others, and contribute to on-call rotations. Expect emphasis on performance, stability, and scalable mobile architecture within a collaborative, player-focused studio.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience in mobile, game development, or related fields.
• Significant professional experience developing and debugging native applications or systems on iOS and/or Android.
• Strong proficiency with C++, including experience using C++ in a mobile, game, or performance-sensitive environment.
• Experience diagnosing complex issues that cross application, engine, platform, and native-code boundaries.
• Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing mobile applications or games, including performance, memory, stability, and device-specific issues.
• Experience working with a game engine such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, make architectural decisions, and solve complex problems with broad or ambiguous requirements.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines such as Engineering, Design, Art, QA, and Production.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams distributed across multiple time zones.
• Product sense, pragmatism, and player empathy when making technical decisions.
• Familiarity with iterative development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or equivalent development practices.
• BS in Computer Science, or proven understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain C++ systems and features supporting our game on mobile platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues spanning game code, Unreal Engine, native mobile platforms, and platform-specific integrations.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality features and experiences for players on iOS and Android.
• Provide technical leadership for mobile engineering, helping drive architectural decisions and solutions to complex or ambiguous technical problems.
• Influence engineering best practices within and beyond the team, including technical design reviews, coding standards, code reviews, tooling, testing, and build and deployment processes.
• Improve the performance, stability, reliability, and maintainability of the mobile game experience.
• Develop sustainable solutions that improve the health of the codebase and leave systems better than you found them.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical partners to understand requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver effective solutions.
• Mentor engineers and help raise the technical capabilities of the broader team.
• Participate in the team's on-call and support rotation.

Skills

C++

Unreal Engine

Mobile development

Native iOS/Android

Debugging & profiling

Technical leadership

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Mobile (C++ / Unreal) to advance mobile game development on Teamfight Tactics. You will design C++ systems for iOS/Android, diagnose cross-boundary issues, and lead engineering direction across the mobile stack.

You will collaborate with design, art, QA, and production, mentor others, and contribute to on-call rotations. Expect emphasis on performance, stability, and scalable mobile architecture within a collaborative, player-focused studio.