Senior Software Engineer, Matchmaking Platform

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Open paid time off policy

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Publishing Platform's Matchmaking team. You will build and manage services powering matchmaking, skill determination, and rank across multiple games, shaping real-time, large-scale player experiences.

Your role includes developing Go and C# services, collaborating with product leads, writing thorough tests, and mentoring peers. A strong focus on distributed systems and ownership is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a software engineering role (software, systems, architecture).
• Expertise in GoLang, C#, and familiarity with Java / Kotlin / Typescript.
• Experience with microservices architecture, client/service application architecture, API architecture and development.
• Experience with cross-team collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support our Matchmaking, Skill, and Rank services.
• Support our suite of mission-critical Go and C# services at a globally distributed scale.
• Partner with product owners and technical leads to build and operate features end-to-end.
• Provide high-quality software by writing unit, functional, and integration tests.
• Invest in team's complete ownership of our products by participating in on-call rotation.
• Mentor other engineers in your areas of expertise.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

5+ years software engineering experience

GoLang

C#

Java

Kotlin

TypeScript

Microservices architecture

API architecture and development

Cross-team collaboration

GoLang, C#, Java/Kotlin/TypeScript familiarity

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Publishing Platform's Matchmaking team. You will build and manage services powering matchmaking, skill determination, and rank across multiple games, shaping real-time, large-scale player experiences.

Your role includes developing Go and C# services, collaborating with product leads, writing thorough tests, and mentoring peers. A strong focus on distributed systems and ownership is expected.