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Staff Software Engineer - VALORANT, Foundations, Build Platforms

Riot Games

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Sep 9, 2025
Los Angeles, CA, US
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Improve the iteration flow for hundreds of developers and lay a critical foundation for teams across the globe to deliver VALORANT into players’ hands.

Requirements

  • Expertise with C++, C, Java, or Golang
  • Experience building automated build, test, and release pipelines
  • Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies
  • Experience working directly with game build systems utilizing Unreal Engine
  • Build Graph (& Horde) experience
  • Professional experience building large scale backend systems or game services
  • Experience architecting and maintaining developer-facing products and platforms, supporting complex workflows and emerging requirements

Responsibilities

  • Drive the technical direction and decision-making at the team-level, advising on aspects of delivery such as architecture, maintenance, cost and scale
  • Work on a range of tech stacks including underlying infrastructure, build and test automation, release pipelines, and developer tooling
  • Lead efforts to break down and execute on multi-month engineering efforts, partnering with central technology teams to leverage their expertise
  • Participate in the team's support rotation
  • Work with VALORANT developers and stakeholders to align on priorities and deliverables
  • Improve the developer experience and iteration loop
  • Develop and improve on the technologies that enable the delivery of VALORANT into players’ hands

Other

  • 6+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
  • Ability to communicate complex technical subjects to all levels
  • Willingness to jump into unfamiliar technologies and take on new challenges
  • Experience mentoring other engineers
  • Professional experience being a technical lead on a team of engineers
  • Player empathy and care about players' experiences
  • Open paid time off policy, flexible work schedules, medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave, and a 401k with company match