Manage of Software Engineering, Riot Games
UI/UX, LPC.HEX, Hextech Engine, Player Experience
$192.5-269.4k
+ Incentive compensation + Equity
Player-focused game development platform
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Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$192.5-269.4k
+ Incentive compensation + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years working in an engineering management position on a team shipping large-scale, modular desktop applications
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience developing software desktop applications with a heavy emphasis on content pipelines
- Extensive experience in C/C++ development
- 2+ years of experience in game development industry
- 2+ years of experience working with UI/UX
- 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!
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager, you'll be tasked with building the long-term success for your organization by helping define the product vision, mentoring and growing talent, and being accountable for delivering results
- As an Engineering Manager on the Player Experience team, you will oversee the staffing and guidance of the team's engineers to make the core suite of tools used in the UI/UX development of League of Legends the best they can be
- For this role, you'll report to a Senior Engineering Manager. You will guide individual contributors on their long journey of career development while collaborating with other teams and disciplines to ensure that our work improves the quality of life and effectiveness of those partners while also
- Our platform is written in C++ and makes heavy use of the QT ecosystem for UI/UX and we also leverage Python for several utility needs
- Staff, manage, mentor, lead, and cultivate a team of 5 to 10 software engineers
- Support your team by working collaboratively with product, delivery, technical, and quality leads
- Ensure what we are building is serving the long-term goals of many content developers
- Coordinate individuals and external partners across the world in multiple time zones
- Design your team makeup, and hire so that it has the skills needed for your goals
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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