Manager – Software Engineering

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll predominantly offer creative solutions to organizational design. You’ll also serve as a mentor for a wide range of engineers, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability. 

2XKO is Riot’s League-IP take on a competitive fighting game. As an Engineering Manager on 2XKO, you will assist in defining our technical foundations while developing a team of 4-7 Software Engineers. You will work collaboratively with other disciplines to bring your engineering mindset in helping make better product decisions for players. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager over the BuRST Team, overseeing a small team of engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a group of 4-7 software engineers, coaching them in their personal development
• Partner with discipline, product, and office leadership to develop and implement strategies for improving team health and effectiveness
• Take an active part in delivering on the technical health of product
• Be an advocate for maintaining the technical foundation for the product
• Develop healthy relationships with other teams at Riot
• Develop processes and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of cross-team collaboration with remote offices

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years professional experience as a software engineer, system engineer, devops engineer or SRE
• 3+ years as an Engineering Manager leading a team of 3+ engineers
• 1+ year(s) as a Tech Lead guiding the direction and implementation of a product
• Experience recruiting external candidates and growing an Engineering team
• Experience being an active participant in technical discussions including code reviews, technical design reviews or creating new standards to improve the team
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Unreal Horde)
• Experience with Cloud Providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with Engineering Live Ops support and best practices

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Unreal Horde
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with C#, Python and Golang
• Experience defining micro-services based architectures, scalable systems architecture, developing large, maintainable software systems
• Experience flexing your professional skills to meet the needs of the product, including leading small teams, coaching new leaders, or diving into the code as an individual contributor
• Ability to champion development practices designed to increase team effectiveness while continuously delivering player value and keeping tech-debt low
• You believe that diverse teams are fundamentally more effective. You work actively to promote an environment where individuals on the team feel included and are encouraged to contribute their perspectives to help the team make better decisions

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!

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.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. 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.