Software Engineering Intern, Riot Games
Summer 2025
USD $60.43 per hour
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Player-focused game development platform
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Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
USD $60.43 per hour
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Graduating in the 2026 calendar year
- Currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Engineering, or Technology related degree program
- Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Coding experience with an object-oriented programming (OOP) language (e.g. Java, C++, C#)
- Available to work full-time hours for the 12 week internship duration
- Eligible to work in the country that you reside in during this remote program
- Minimum GPA of 2.5
- We will certainly be looking at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games
- If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!
Desirable
- Experience as a software developer, including internships or part-time
- Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile development practices
- Familiarity with software development best practices like unit testing, functional testing, integration testing, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
- Portfolio or website link (e.g github) with collection of original work and/or projects
- Experience working on a video game or related project
What the job involves
- Software Engineers at Riot bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas and also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains
- Our engineers are player-focused and aim to find solutions that make players excited to experience our games
- As a Software Engineer Intern, you’ll be exposed to both new and current technology while building innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and deliver player value
- Applying to this role will provide eligibility for all software engineering roles open across our products
- We will do our best to match you with a product and team that fits your interests and experience, but note that it also depends on availability
- Collaborate closely with other developers to create player-facing features for League, TFT, or VALORANT
- Build back-end services to allow our games to take advantage of shared social, client and platform features
- Write code to handle processing real time data of our various game teams
- Learn to operate services on a global scale for millions of players
- Build and maintain SDKs and APIs that are used by internal game customers to power their games
- For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players
Application process
- Applications close October 31st, 2024 at 11:59pm PT
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
Few 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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