Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As a Software Engineer II, 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 Senior Software Engineer on the Quality Frameworks Team within BTS, you’ll report to the Engineering Manager in our Mercer Island, Washington office. You’ll build automation infrastructure and developer tooling, while also defining and enforcing engineering excellence practices that improve development cycles and strengthen software quality for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. Partnering with backend service and gameplay teams, you’ll ensure developers can ship features to players quickly and reliably, without compromising on quality. You’ll also help influence League Studio–wide technical decisions and shape how engineers across the studio build, test, and deliver world-class player experiences.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality code that follows Riot and industry best practices
• Develop and adopt tools that allow League of Legends platform to operate multiple games at scale
• Build and operate scalable microservices that require performance and reliability
• Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence
• Collaborate effectively with other disciplines within game development
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation
• Participate in interviewing, and help with mentoring and career development of more junior engineers

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of deep hands-on programming experiences in one of the following programming languages: C/C++, Java, Go, Python or C#
• Experience designing and developing test automation solutions
• Experience operating & maintaining live web services including handling emergent issues and on-call troubleshooting
• Experience mentoring more junior engineers 
• Experience contributing to the development of several large-sized, multi-month development efforts, including requirements gathering, planning, testing, and implementation
• Experience defining software engineering best practices within your team, including design reviews, coding standards, code reviews, tools improvements, source control management, build processes, and testing
• Experience collaborating within a cross-functional team and closely-related teams to complete feature work

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with “Infrastructure as Code” and tooling like Terraform, Docker and Jenkins
• Experience with cloud-based services like AWS, Azure, or other proprietary variants
• Experience developing and operating global large-scale services
• Good written communication skills
• Insatiable curiosity and drive to solve problems

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

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.