Software Engineering Manager, Riot Games

• 5+ years experience as a software engineer or in a role directly supporting software engineering teams
• 2+ years experience managing an engineering team
• Expertise in full software development life cycle management
• Expertise in project management, prioritization frameworks, and guiding investment strategies in people and systems
• Experience delivering on multi-month or multi-year projects, establishing clear deliverables and reporting on progress
• Experience collaborating across multiple teams and prioritizing work efforts
• Familiarity with infrastructure services, distributed systems, microservices, and software design at high scale

Desirable

• As a part of the Riot Infrastructure Team, you'll be part of the core group of engineers that build our infrastructure that enables our games to operate globally at scale
• You will work across all infrastructure and game teams to automate all aspects of our infrastructures to enable teams to be more efficient and productive
• If you are looking to have an impact across different aspects of Riot infrastructure, join us and pioneer solutions that will help us scale to the next level
• As an Engineering Manager on the CIT (Core Infrastructure) Team, you’ll be leading a team/teams that are focused on enabling Riot engineers to reduce toil and inefficiency via tooling and automation
• You will support the team as it collaborates with other teams across not just infrastructure but also across Riot to solve critical problem areas where tooling and automation are keys to the solution
• Manage a team of 3-8 software engineers, coaching them, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability
• Stay hands-on with your team’s tech, overseeing the technical design and deliverables of the team and working closely with your team’s technical lead
• Manage the health and performance of the engineering team with empathy and authenticity, building trust, and inspiring them to overcome challenges
• Grow the team through hiring and construct an efficient onboarding process for new team members
• Build healthy relationships with other engineering teams at Riot to foster cross-team collaboration