Software Engineer III (Build Systems) - VALORANT, Foundations
Los Angeles, California
Employer: Riot Games
Industry: Software Engineering Group
Salary: Competitive
Job type: 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, you'll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You'll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.
As a Staff Software Engineer on the VALORANT Build Platforms team, you will develop and improve on the technologies that enable us to deliver VALORANT into our players' hands. You will work on improving the iteration flow for hundreds of developers with the opportunity to improve the experience of designers, artists and engineers alike. Your work will lay a critical foundation for teams across the globe as they work to delight players by adding new features, skins, maps and agents to our game. In addition, you will support our aspirations to expand to additional platforms and titles. You will report into the Engineering Manager on the team.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
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 .
As a Staff Software Engineer on the VALORANT Build Platforms team, you will develop and improve on the technologies that enable us to deliver VALORANT into our players' hands. You will work on improving the iteration flow for hundreds of developers with the opportunity to improve the experience of designers, artists and engineers alike. Your work will lay a critical foundation for teams across the globe as they work to delight players by adding new features, skins, maps and agents to our game. In addition, you will support our aspirations to expand to additional platforms and titles. You will report into the Engineering Manager on the team.
Responsibilities
- Drive the technical direction and decision-making at the team-level, advising on aspects of delivery such as architecture, maintenance, cost and scale
- Work on a range of tech stacks including underlying infrastructure, build and test automation, release pipelines, and developer tooling
- Work with VALORANT developers and stakeholders to align on priorities and deliverables
- Lead efforts to break down and execute on multi-month engineering efforts, partnering with central technology teams to leverage their expertise
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience as a software engineer
- BS degree or equivalent experience
- Experience architecting and maintaining developer-facing products and platforms, supporting complex workflows and emerging requirements
- Experience building automated build, test, and release pipelines
- Strong empathy for improving the developer experience and iteration loop
- Game DevOps experience not required, but a plus
- Expertise with C++, C#, Java, Golang, or similar language(s)
- Ability to communicate complex technical subjects to all levels
- Willingness to jump into unfamiliar technologies and take on new challenges
- Experience mentoring other engineers
Desired Qualifications
- Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies
- Experience working directly with game build systems utilizing Unreal Engine
- Build Graph (& Horde) experience a plus
- Professional experience being a technical lead on a team of engineers
- Professional experience building large scale backend systems or game services
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 .
Created: 2024-06-27
Reference: 4092654
Country: United States
State: California
City: Los Angeles
ZIP: 90291
Similar jobs:
-
Let's begin! Software Engineer (4618)
Moody's Investors Service in Newark, California💸 $112900.00 per year -
Senior Product Software Technician - CAD Tooling Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer
Capgemini in San Francisco, California -
Software Engineer- SoC Level Validation Engineer
Apple in Cupertino, California -
Software Engineer III
Sam's Club in SUNNYVALE, California💸 $117000.00 per year -
Software Test Engineer
Meta in Sunnyvale, California -
Software Engineer (Product)
Meta in Menlo Park, California -
Software Engineer III - Mobile
Walmart in SUNNYVALE, California💸 $117000.00 per year -
Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
Apple in Cupertino, California -
(USA) Senior, Software Engineer
Walmart in SUNNYVALE, California💸 $117000.00 per year -
Embedded Software Development Engineer
Amazon in Sunnyvale, California💸 $115000 per year -
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart in SUNNYVALE, California💸 $150762 per year -
Principal Software Engineer
Intuit in Mountain View, California -
Software Quality Automation Engineer - Mail, Messages and FaceTime
Apple in San Diego, California -
Senior Software Engineer - USDS
TikTok in Mountain View, California -
Software Engineer, Compiler Optimization and Scheduling, Silicon
Google in Mountain View, California -
Software Development Engineer (ML), AGI Foundations
Amazon in Sunnyvale, California💸 $129300 per year -
Software Engineer - Location and Spatial Awareness
Apple in San Diego, California -
Software Development Engineer II, AWS Industry Products, Manufacturing
Amazon in Santa Clara, California💸 $129300 per year -
Software Engineer III, Search
Google in Mountain View, California -
Manager 2, Software Engineering
Intuit in Mountain View, California