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Staff Software Engineer in Australia

  • Riot Games
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Sydney

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of scalable, performant foundational systems for build, release, delivery, and related tooling.
  • Drive technical discussions and decision-making across services, engine, and tooling components.
  • Collaborate with producers, QA, and engineers to scope, implement, and test game features.
  • Champion code quality, automated testing, maintainable architecture, and other engineering best practices.
  • Debug complex issues in development and live environments with a player-first mindset.
  • Mentor teammates and contribute through documentation and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
  • Identify technical risks and bottlenecks and propose pragmatic, innovative solutions.
  • Provide product leaders with feedback on product direction and player affinity.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience, including delivery of live or shipped products.
  • Expert proficiency with C++ and deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and software engineering fundamentals.
  • Experience building systems in cross-functional teams and contributing to cross-team architecture discussions and central technology.
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and maintainable-code skills.
  • Experience building games.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is preferred.
  • Experience with Unreal Engine, scalable services, build and release pipelines, telemetry, Perforce, Git, or global-scale game development and online services is preferred.

Benefits

  • Sydney-based role with relocation provided.
  • Open paid time off, paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers, and flexible work schedules.
  • Co-op gaming areas, a play fund, and snacks.
  • Medical insurance covering employees and dependents.
  • Employee Assistance Program and wellness fund.
  • Donation matching for time and money given to registered charities.
  • Learning and development opportunities.

Riot Games

Since 2006, Riot Games has stayed committed to changing the way video games are developed, published, and supported for players. From our first title, League of Legends, to 2020’s VALORANT; we have strived to evolve the community with growth in Esports, and expansion from games into entertainment...

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