Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Riot Games
Monetisation, LoL
Player-focused game development platform
Open for applications
Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- You’re comfortable working in both the frontend and backend while also open to learning new technologies to stretch your skillset
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of working programming experience with Java
- Experience with EmberJS or other web frameworks (ReactJS, AngularJS)
- Experience building RESTful microservices
- Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, and modern JS
- Experience working with relational databases and SQL
- Experience developing fault tolerant, distributed systems including analysis, design and work breakdown
- Experience in test automation, operational best practices, implementing automated builds, software packaging, automated deployments, logging, monitoring, and automated alerting
Desirable
- Experience working with game development engines
- Experience developing software using C++
- Experience working with Python
- Experience working with Product Owners / Development Managers / Designers
- Experience working across multiple teams
- Experience mentoring junior engineers
What the job involves
- As Software Engineers at Riot, we bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas and also value the opportunity to work in multiple broader domains
- We work with exciting technology, overcoming high-volume obstacles and delivering value to players
- As a Software Engineer on the League of Legends Monetisation team, you'll report to the team's Engineering Manager
- You will work on player-facing front-ends that provide engaging store, loot, and events experiences for League of Legends, and develop and maintain core back-end services to support these
- You will work across technology stacks to achieve reliable and performant player experiences
- You will exercise your skills to work in a diverse group, being a trusted technology partner to product owners
- Develop and test player content experiences in the League of Legends client
- Design and enhance League microservices
- Contribute to architecture requirements and design
- Write unit and integration tests
- Code reviews
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation
- Enhance build and deployment tooling
- Improve product visibility through telemetry and analytics
- For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on our players, who are the customers of your work
Our take
Riot Games has grown into one of the world’s most prominent online and mobile game developers, due in large part to the success of its 2009 flagship title League of Legends which hosts just under seventy million users every month.
Riot is riding the wave of online gaming growth, having made a well timed switch from PC-only into mobile-based gaming, as capitalising on the rising popularity of esports, with the League of Legends World Championships one of the most watched events in the space.
However, adding further titles to its resume will be key to building on its success, as League of Legends was its only offering for the best part of a decade. Since being acquired by Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2011, the company has grown significantly in Asian markets, opening its Shanghai Game Studio in 2021 and expanding its China Game Studio Group in 2022. These two hubs will help Riot Games make further inroads in a country where PC gaming is already huge and continues to grow.
Regardless of League of Legends' success both online and in live arenas, the company nevertheless experienced a round of layoffs internationally that amounted to 11% of its workforce. Pair that with legal troubles in 2024 concerning the company’s partnership with now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and Riot Games appears to be in a period of transition. Thanks to the strength of its gaming products, however, Riot will no doubt maintain a comfortable position within the gaming world.
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back within 2 weeks
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2009
$8m
SERIES C
Jul 2008
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available
- Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations
- Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games
Company values
- Player experience first
- Dare to dream
- Thrive together
- Execute with excellence
- Stay hungry, stay humble
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
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Leadership
Brandon Beck
(Co-Chairman)Having studied at the University of Southern California, they worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. they left this role in September 2006 to co-found Riot Games, where they served initially as co-CEO.
Marc Merrill
(Co-Chairman)After a degree at the University of Southern California, they worked as a U.S. Bank Analyst and a Manager of Advanstar Communications. They co-founded Riot Games with Brandon in September 2006, alongside being a Principal of NaHCo3 since 2016.
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