Staff Software Engineer

1 day ago

Los Angeles CA United States Riot Games Full time

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Software Engineer III on the League of Legends camera and movement team, you will bring your gameplay technical skills to movement support for players in League of Legends. You will work with designers closely to lead the efforts on our camera system, investigating potential new player control schemas, and other associated feature sets. You will work with QA to hold the product quality bar to deliver the best player experience.

You will report to the Engineering Manager and work in a hybrid environment from LAX.

Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with designers to implement movement systems, camera changes and associated feature sets
  • Partner with tooling engineers to support internal users (e.g. designers)
  • Identify, prioritize, and implement game systems and engine features needed to enable project needs
  • Ensure exceptional code quality by adhering to engineering excellence which includes: code maintainability, quality, monitoring, code reviews, and documentation
  • As development advances into live production, iterate on robust, scalable, and performant solutions
  • Mentor other engineers on the team in all aspects of game development
Required Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of game development experience with depth in gameplay with client/server architectures
  • Strong knowledge of common game and software design patterns
  • Experience with C++ in complex code bases
  • Experience using game engines (ex. Unity, Unreal Engine)
  • Experience with Agile development process
  • Experience with tooling development
  • Product sense and player empathy in making tech decisions
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or comparable field or equivalent experience
Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience with proprietary game engines
  • Experience working in a wide variety of code bases, engines, and languages
  • Deep passion for meeting new and returning player needs
  • Experience with working on a live game
  • High familiarity with League of Legends
Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code . Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming . #J-18808-Ljbffr

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