About the Job
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 part of the Riot Infrastructure Team, you’ll join a core group of engineers responsible for building and evolving the infrastructure that enables Riot’s games to operate globally at scale. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Infrastructure team, you’ll focus on reducing toil and inefficiency for Riot engineers th...
Key Responsibilities
Design solutions and features based on requirements and agreements with our stakeholders using our standard frameworks and best practices
Drive improvements to our standards and best practices where necessary
Continually looking for efficiency and improvement opportunities within our infrastructure, propose solutions and rally support for your proposal.
Work with senior leadership across organizations to ensure successful implementation
Lead by example on quality design and coding standards
Help grow the team through mentoring and leveling up of less experienced teammates
Build healthy relationships with other engineering teams at Riot to foster cross-team collaboration.
Required Skills & Abilities
7+ years experience as a software engineer with focus on infrastructure or tooling in a fast-paced, large-scale environment
Expertise with full software development life cycle
Expertise in one or more object oriented languages (i.e. Python, Go, Java, C++)
Strong experience working with containers and Kubernetes
Experience with large-scale development/deployment on Cloud (i.e. AWS/GCP)
Experience with large-scale Deployment technologies (i.e. Cloudbees Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
Experience with AI tools such as Codex, Windsurf, Co-Pilot
Understand core infrastructure services, distributed systems, microservices, and software at a large scale
Experience in fast pasted and matrixed organizations
Experience operating and supporting agile development, production services, and high availability
Understand networking - HTTP down to the network layer (TCP/IP, routing, etc.)
Experience working with international team members and colleagues
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
Qualifications
Experience:
7 years experience
