Staff ML Engineer — Real-Time RL for Games

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); Vor Ort; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Open paid time off

Flexible work schedules

Medical, dental, life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Zusammenfassung

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to own the strategy, design, and implementation of ML capabilities for an unpublished R&D game project in Los Angeles. You will work with developers, designers, and data scientists to plan, implement, and maintain ML-driven solutions that enhance player experiences.

You will refine modeling/feature strategies, establish training/evaluation pipelines, and drive production-ready ML/RL systems.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years delivering ML systems in production, incl. 3+ years in applied modeling or ML research in real-time/interactive environments.
• Experience with reinforcement learning and applying RL to production problems.
• Experience in production environments with interacting models and downstream consequences.
• Proficiency with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas and related ML libraries.
• Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication skills.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in Python or similar programming languages.

Aufgaben

• Own strategy, design, and implementation of ML capabilities for a new R&D game project.
• Define modeling/feature strategy and RL applications for production use cases.
• Build reusable training/evaluation pipelines in collaboration with central teams.
• Drive ML/RL systems to improve decision-making and player adaptation.
• Establish research-to-production practices balancing cutting-edge with reliability.
• Guide experiment design and evaluation standards with data scientists and analytics partners.
• Mentor engineers and other disciplines through design reviews and documentation.
• Identify risks and provide pragmatic solutions to keep projects moving.

Kenntnisse

ML systems in production

Reinforcement learning

Production environment with feedback

ML frameworks

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication

Python

Ausbildung

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Pandas

Jobbeschreibung

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to own the strategy, design, and implementation of ML capabilities for an unpublished R&D game project in Los Angeles. You will work with developers, designers, and data scientists to plan, implement, and maintain ML-driven solutions that enhance player experiences.

You will refine modeling/feature strategies, establish training/evaluation pipelines, and drive production-ready ML/RL systems.