Senior Software Engineer, SDK Foundations - Publishing Platform Software Engineering Group Riot[...]

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 161,500 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401K with company match

Open paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their SDK Foundations team. The role involves developing client SDKs for various platforms to enhance player experience. Candidates should have substantial experience in C++ and Unreal Engine, with a focus on delivering features and services used by millions of players.

Offering competitive salary and benefits, Riot promotes work/life balance with features like flexible schedules and open paid time off.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on programming experience as a software engineer.
• Experience contributing to a codebase with millions of active users.
• Expertise in continuous development and large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support SDKs used by millions of players.
• Build high-quality and performant client-side SDKs.
• Partner with product owners to operate features end-to-end.

Skills

C++ programming

Unreal Engine 4.2x/5.x

Scripting languages (Python, TypeScript)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Telemetry providers (Data Dog, Sentry)

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, SDK Foundations - Publishing Platform

Job Id: REQ-0010018

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As Software Engineers, we work with both new and current technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver player value.

As a Senior Software Engineer in Riot’s Publishing Platform group, you’ll work closely with technical product managers, and engineers to overcome high-volume obstacles and to provide player value. You will build critical path client SDKs used by all of Riot’s games across multiple platforms. Your experience will help empower game developers to leverage platform technologies in areas like social experiences, commerce/payments, accounts and identity to name a few. Your work will help game teams leverage some of the most used features and services across Riot. You will report to the Software Engineering Manager of the SDK Foundations team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support our client-side SDKs running on console, desktop, and mobile used by millions of players
• Develop and support Unreal plugins that interface with the client-side SDK and Riot's Platform Services
• Build high quality and performant client-side SDKs used by all of Riot’s games to leverage critical features like network connectivity, messaging, and game engine integrations
• Be an individual contributor on the team who creates reference designs, tackles challenging and ambiguous technical solutions, conducts architectural and code reviews
• Design, code, and improve release processes for the products and solutions produced on your team
• Balance short-term technical trade-offs with long-term technical needs to ensure we are building stable, operational, extensible services and SDKs
• Develop high-quality software by writing unit, functional, and integration tests
• Partner with product owners and technical leads to build and operate features end-to-end including technical discovery, product development, and production release
• Invest in team’s complete ownership of our products by participating in on-call rotation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 4+ years deep hands-on programming experience as a software engineer and proficiency in C++ 14 or newer
• 2+ years hands-on programming experience with Unreal Engine 4.2x/5.x building tools, plugins, or gameplay components.
• Experience contributing to a large code base with millions of active users
• Expertise with continuous development and deployments of large-scale systems
• Experience defining and delivering technical solutions to technical users

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with scripting languages like Python or TypeScript
• Experience with telemetry providers like Data Dog and/or Sentry
• Experience developing client applications and/or client SDKs that leverage highly distributed systems
• Experience with globally deployed platforms as well as distributed teams

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.

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 SanFrancisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

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.

• (Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $161,500.00 - $227,000.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.