Software Engineering Manager, Riot Games
Teamfight Tactics, Gameplay
$183.3-256.6k
Plus incentive compensation + equity
Player-focused game development platform
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Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$183.3-256.6k
Plus incentive compensation + equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years experience as a software engineer
- 2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead & mentor
- Experience with software development, including shipping one or more products on large code bases that span a range of platforms and tools
- Experience collaborating across disciplines (e.g. Design, Art, QA, Production) to create solutions
- Teamfight Tactics is a multi-platform game; supporting PC, Android and iOS; so cross-platform experience would be beneficial
Desirable
- Expertise with C++
- 3+ years of experience in the video game industry including one or more shipped titles
- Expertise in a game engine, such as Unity, Unreal, or proprietary, etc
- Mobile and/or multi-platform development experience
- Familiarity with Teamfight Tactics
What the job involves
- As Engineering Managers, we gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to organizational design
- We also serve as mentors for a team of engineers, overseeing their performance and trying to find stretch opportunities for their growth
- As a Manager, Software Engineering on the Gameplay team within Teamfight Tactics, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary leadership team to lead a passionate team of developers in the delivery of new features and content for Teamfight Tactics and our players
- Create an engineering vision for Set development with the team and key stakeholders including the Technology, Product, and Process Leads
- Support the vision with a solid strategy including the reallocation of resources to focus on priorities
- Operate with an emphasis on efficiency, productivity, and prioritizing of the highest-value work on the team
- Identify, interview, and hire software engineers to help teams scale
- Mentor engineers identifying stretch opportunities for them to grow
- Manage the health and performance of the engineering team with empathy and authenticity, building trust, and inspiring them to overcome challenges
- Seek different perspectives to solve problems, encouraging engineers and others to contribute ideas. Base your decisions on sound analysis and avoid biases
- Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle including design, implementation, and delivery of features while continuously improving the software engineering quality and efficiency
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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