Senior Tools Engineer — CI/CD for Unreal

Riot Games; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Unpublished R&D Product to own and evolve tooling within CI/CD and build pipelines. You will work across Unreal Engine tooling, build maintenance, and productivity improvements, partnering with multiple teams to deliver reliable workflows.

You will report to the Sr Manager, Software Engineering, focusing on automation, tooling, and pipeline optimization to accelerate development and release readiness across platforms.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, game tools, build systems, or CI/CD development.
• Strong proficiency in C++ or Python; familiarity with the other language is a plus.
• Experience with Unreal Engine project or tool development and related workflows (Editor, Build, Cook, Package).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize CI/CD and build pipelines for automated builds, testing, packaging, and release delivery.
• Maintain jobs, scripts, and configurations in Horde, BuildGraph, or similar systems to support development, testing, and releases.
• Develop Unreal Editor tools, automation scripts, and data processing utilities using C++, Python, and related tech.
• Diagnose and resolve build, Cook, packaging, and environment dependency issues with robust logging and recovery.
• Analyze build efficiency and drive standardization of build, packaging, and testing workflows.
• Collaborate with Client, Gameplay, Technical Art, Art, and QA teams to drive tool adoption and issue resolution.

Skills

C++

Python

Unreal Engine

CI/CD

Build Systems

Version Control

Tools

UBT

UAT

BuildGraph

Job description

Riot Games is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Unpublished R&D Product to own and evolve tooling within CI/CD and build pipelines. You will work across Unreal Engine tooling, build maintenance, and productivity improvements, partnering with multiple teams to deliver reliable workflows.

You will report to the Sr Manager, Software Engineering, focusing on automation, tooling, and pipeline optimization to accelerate development and release readiness across platforms.