Senior Software Engineer - Player Platform

Job Description

The Riot Client is the gateway for our players to play, discover, and install Riot games. Every single player - millions at any given moment - goes through the Riot Client on their way to experience one of Riot's games, and ensuring their needs, whether they be providing more ways to engage with Riot's culture & community, or getting into their game as fast as possible, is the primary goal of the Riot Client team. Introduced in 2021, the multi-game Riot Client is poised to become the destination for players to engage with Riot games, events and communities.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you'll create the desktop software that millions of players worldwide use to authenticate, install, patch, and launch Riot's games. Your work will be players' first touchpoint with the wide range of experiences that Riot has to offer - including League of Legends, Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, VALORANT, Legends of Runeterra, and beyond. You will allow players to discover new games from the Riot ecosystem, unlock content, and promote overall deeper engagement.

Responsibilities:
• Develop and extend desktop application features using a combination of TypeScript, Reactand native desktop APIs
• Create high-quality software by writing unit, functional, and integration tests
• Mentor other engineers in your areas of expertise
• Estimate the size and complexity of work for planning

Required Qualifications:
• 4+ years of industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or comparable experience in software development.
• Professional experience building player- or user-facing frontend experiences
• Strengths in collaboration and communication

Desired Qualifications:
• Professional or other experience working with C++
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.

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, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r071jj-3-134-78-106-42 in your application.