Software Engineer, Riot Games
Web, Esports Platform & Experiences
$183-256.6k
+ Incentive Compensation + Equity
Player-focused game development platform
Job no longer available
Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$183-256.6k
+ Incentive Compensation + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience working with real-life, user-facing applications
- Hands-on programming experience with Typescript, React & CSS-in-JS paradigms
- You have a good understanding of modern web architecture and technologies
- Willingness to learn and grow your own skill set. Our industry evolves fast, and paradigms change over time
- Experience with management tools such as Jira or GitHub
Desirable
- Understanding of and experience with GraphQL
- Real-Life Experience using modern Web Frameworks, such as NextJS, Remix or SvelteKit
- Serverless & Edge environments are something that excites you
- Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer on the Esports Platform & Experiences Team, you will build and maintain player-facing products
- This includes sites like LoLEsports, ValorantEsports, Pick’Em and the rest of our properties
- You will work on a team alongside Product Managers, Designers and other Engineers across esports. Every single product you work on is created with our fans in mind, and was built to amplify our live-events such as Worlds & VALORANT Champions
- Partner closely with designers to bring new features and products to live
- Design and build efficient and reusable frontend systems that drive fandom products
- Integrate with Esports & Riot Services to link together player journeys across our entire ecosystems, tying into the game itself
- Quickly iterate on prototypes and new areas to find feasible solutions for the products we are building
- Take part in planning and scoping exercises
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
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 HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
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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