Senior Software Engineer, League Studio - Chemtech Services

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Chemtech Services team. This role involves writing backend services for League Studio games, contributing to architectural designs, and collaborating with engineering leadership. Ideal candidates will have extensive programming experience, a strong understanding of service operations, and a collaborative approach to developing innovative gaming solutions.

Benefits

Open paid time off policy

Flexible work schedules

Medical, dental, and life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Qualifications

• 4+ years of programming experience in high-level languages.
• Experience with cloud services and containerization technologies.
• Ability to troubleshoot live issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and build services for League Studio Games.
• Write reliable maintainable code and architectural designs.
• Support product development and ensure service quality.

Skills

Programming in C/C++, Java, Go, Python, C#

Operating live web services

Developing fault-tolerant distributed systems

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, League Studio - Chemtech Services

Senior Software Engineer, League Studio - Chemtech Services

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Riot Engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team objectives. You’ll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Chemtech Services team for League Studio, you'll write core backend services and tools to ensure high global quality of service for games in League Studio. You'll use your experience with platforms and microservices to build reliable, scalable systems that are easy to understand and operate. You'll also draw on your experience with engineering best practices to ensure that our testing and deployment tech is top of the line. You'll work with other backend service teams and influence League Studio-wide technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and building of services required to support League Studio Games within Chemtech Services
• Work in a variety of different technical capacities, contributing to code bases in multiple languages and tech stacks
• Write and review reliable maintainable code, and author architectural design documents
• Work with product and engineering leadership to identify opportunities in the game space that will require or benefit from new service development or refinement
• Coordinate work and maintain relationships with partner service teams across the Riot Games ecosystem
• Be on rotational on-call for live product support and operational assessment
• Work collaboratively with non technical customers to accomplish deliverables
• Helps grow their own engineering team by participating in the interview process.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of deep hands-on programming experience in one of the following languages: C/C++, Java, Go, Python, C#
• Experience operating and maintaining live web services and troubleshooting live issues
• Experience developing fault-tolerant distributed systems from the ground up, including requirements-gathering, architecture design, project breakdown, and execution
• Experience defining team-level technical processes, such as code reviews and testing
  
  

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• Experience developing and operating services at scale
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
  
  

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

Our Perks

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Duties

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters
  
  

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Games, Software Development, and Technology, Information and Internet

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