Manager of Software Engineering, Riot Games
Data Experiences & Automation
$183.3-256.6k
+ Equity & incentive compensation
Player-focused game development platform
Open for applications
Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$183.3-256.6k
+ Equity & incentive compensation
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains
- 5+ years as an Engineering Manager/Director of Engineering working on teams that ship business-facing software
- 6+ years professional experience as a software engineer
- Expertise with continuous development and deployments of large-scale systems
- Expertise in project management, prioritization frameworks and guiding investment strategies in people and systems
- For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players
- We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!
Desirable
- Experience leading software products that use Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Terraform
- Experience with globally deployed platforms
- Experience defining and delivering technical solutions to technical users
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager, you’ll predominantly offer creative solutions to organizational design
- You’ll also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability
- As a Manager, Software Engineering you will guide the Data Experiences and Automation team as well as the Ingestion, Refinement, and Standards team in Riot’s Central Data group as they create a solution that scalably handles all our data workflows for data producers and data engineering customers
- You will ensure our internal customers have a frictionless and valuable experience as they integrate with and build on our data platform
- You will mentor and grow a team of engineers, passionately focused on their careers and individual strengths
- You will report to the Director, Software Engineering for Data Foundations
- Manage teams of 6-10 software and systems engineers ranging from associate-level to staff-level
- Support a team working collaboratively with product, delivery, technical, and quality leads
- Help us with design, code and release processes for the products and solutions produced on your team
- Mentor software engineers, building career paths with them to help meet their goals
- Design the team makeup so that it has the skills and staff needed for our goals
- Ensure what we are building are serving our customers long-term goals
- Balance short-term and long-term needs to ensure stable, operational, extensible services
Our take
Riot Games has grown into one of the world’s most prominent online and mobile game developers, due in large part to the success of its 2009 flagship title League of Legends which hosts just under seventy million users every month.
Riot is riding the wave of online gaming growth, having made a well timed switch from PC-only into mobile-based gaming, as capitalising on the rising popularity of esports, with the League of Legends World Championships one of the most watched events in the space.
However, adding further titles to its resume will be key to building on its success, as League of Legends was its only offering for the best part of a decade. Since being acquired by Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2011, the company has grown significantly in Asian markets, opening its Shanghai Game Studio in 2021 and expanding its China Game Studio Group in 2022. These two hubs will help Riot Games make further inroads in a country where PC gaming is already huge and continues to grow.
Regardless of League of Legends' success both online and in live arenas, the company nevertheless experienced a round of layoffs internationally that amounted to 11% of its workforce. Pair that with legal troubles in 2024 concerning the company’s partnership with now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and Riot Games appears to be in a period of transition. Thanks to the strength of its gaming products, however, Riot will no doubt maintain a comfortable position within the gaming world.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2009
$8m
SERIES C
Jul 2008
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available
- Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations
- Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games
Company values
- Player experience first
- Dare to dream
- Thrive together
- Execute with excellence
- Stay hungry, stay humble
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brandon Beck
(Co-Chairman)Having studied at the University of Southern California, they worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. they left this role in September 2006 to co-found Riot Games, where they served initially as co-CEO.
Marc Merrill
(Co-Chairman)After a degree at the University of Southern California, they worked as a U.S. Bank Analyst and a Manager of Advanstar Communications. They co-founded Riot Games with Brandon in September 2006, alongside being a Principal of NaHCo3 since 2016.
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