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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience & Workflows - VALORANT

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Riot Games logoRiot Games · Los Angeles
Full-timeOn-site2w ago
Requirements GatheringSAFeUnreal Engine
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Responsibilities

  • Create tools and systems that improve developer experience and efficiency.
  • Work with stakeholders across the organization to address their pain points and exceed their expectations for what development on VALORANT can be.
  • Influence software engineering best practices for development.
  • Develop sustainable solutions that are testable, robust, and will ensure a consistent player experience across platforms.
  • Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team.
  • Contribute to development efforts through effective breakdown and execution on multi-month development efforts.
  • Required Qualifications:
  • 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including experience delivering live or shipped products at scale
  • 2+ years professional experience with C++
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience
  • Have collaborated on cross-team development efforts (3+ months in scope), including requirements gathering, planning, and release

Requirements

  • Experience shipping Unreal Engine games
  • Experience building developer workflows
  • Our Perks:
  • 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 e

Benefits

Dental insurance401(k)Flexible scheduleParental leave

Additional Information

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As a Software Engineer, you'll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team objectives. You'll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering. Engineers join Riot to become masters of their craft. They bring a deep passion for helping bring joy to players via technical solutions. In Foundations, we focus on the game engine, content pipelines, developer workflows, and other critical core capabilities. As a Staff Software Engineer on VALORANT's Foundations Developer Experience & Workflows team , you will design and build solutions to improve the experience and efficiency of developers across the VALORANT organization as a multi-platform, continuous delivery studio. The tools and systems you create will enable a wide variety of internal stakeholders to develop for multiple consoles as seamlessly as possible alongside PC. Your work will touch a diverse set of technical areas in order to address needs wherever they exist. This role will report to the Engineering Manager on Foundations, Developer Experience & Workflows team.


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