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 drive build and automation technology and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

As a Senior Software Engineer focused on Build and Release within Research & Development, you are armed with a wealth of knowledge on the intricacies of build and automation technology to aid delivery of an exciting new game. You will work in a team alongside a product lead, designers, artists, and other engineers to implement and maintain a pipeline for continuous delivery and automation tooling. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the project.

Responsibilities

• Get involved in a broad range of technology challenges, such as mobile development, build and test automation, and workflow tooling. Each of which is important in delivering positive player value.
• Work elbow-to-elbow with members of other disciplines (such as Art and Game Design) to build an entire experience 
• Remove inefficiencies and create well-oiled machines 
• Work optimization, break/fix, development, and understand the need for rapid re-prioritization
• Seek input, feedback and ask questions to build understanding and empathy for others

Required Qualifications

• 3+ collective years professional experience across the following areas (or equivalent) - Unreal, Game, Tools and Pipeline, and Cross Platform Development.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines and other teams of engineers.
• Experience working with internal or external customers to identify, adapt, document, implement, and test software requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience with scripting languages (python, bash, Groovy, ruby, etc)
• 2+ years experience with compiled object oriented languages (C++, Go, C#, Java, etc)
• Value and have implemented automated unit and integration tests for your software
• Proficient with Agile/Scrum
• Strong understanding of Perforce, Git or similar source control systems
• Experience with AWS or other cloud-infrastructure
• Experience working with non-engineering disciplines (Art, Design, Audio, UI/UX, etc)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing build pipelines (Jenkins)
• Familiarity with the Unreal compiler (UBT / Build Graph)
• Experience with designing development and production release pipelines
• Experience with game console development, tooling, and release pipelines
• Familiarity with containerized microservices

Our Perks:

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.

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