Senior Software Engineer (Riot Client, Publishing Platform)

• As a Senior Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you will deliver high-quality technical solutions that improve the player experience across Riot’s out-of-game ecosystem
• You’ll contribute hands-on across the software development lifecycle, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other cross-functional teammates to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable Client capabilities
• You will help shape technical direction within your area of ownership, make sound implementation and design decisions, and collaborate with peers across Riot to support game distribution, content, social features, and developer productivity
• Through strong engineering practices, thoughtful code reviews, and mentorship of other engineers, your work will help advance the next generation of Riot Client experiences for players and developers
• Develop and maintain desktop application features focusing on C++, with the ability to integrate with and contribute to web-based technologies
• Deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable engineering solutions within your area of ownership, through hands-on contribution and technical design
• Contribute to technical planning and design discussions, helping evaluate tradeoffs between long-term sustainability and near-term delivery needs
• Build and apply a strong understanding of the Riot Client’s dependency landscape, partnering with teams to align on technical solutions
• Work closely with cross-functional partners, including product, production, QA, design, and data insight
• Level up other engineers through mentorship and technical guidance
• Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security

Benefits

• Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you as well as your spouse/domestic partner and children.
• Family Care: Life insurance, parental leave, plus short and long-term disability.
• Open Paid Time Off: In addition to holidays, a 2-week end of year break, and a 1-week mid-year break, Rioters are trusted to take the time they need throughout the year.
• Retirement: Riot matches retirement contributions so you can continue to play games long after you retire.
• Play Fund: Riot’s annual play fund allows Rioters to broaden their knowledge of the games that matter to players and the community.
• Donation Matching: Riot matches donations of time and money to nonprofits to double down on support.

• Experience of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and QA
• 6+ years of related industry experience
• Experience in web development
• Experience working with complex code bases
• Expertise with C++ in application development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or comparable experience in software development
• Experience of working with desktop applications
• Experience with build pipelines
• Experience of working with Electron