About the role
Role Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Integrations and Architecture team, you will have the chance to affect how Riot collects and uses data to improve the experience for players and Rioters. You'll work closely with the technical lead to build reliable data solutions that handle petabytes of data. Challenges will range from protecting player's privacy, organizing and optimizing data warehouses using big data tools and cloud based servers, building a platform for ingesting data and serving real time analytics, or building capability for game teams with their specific features. You'll be helping as Riot enables advancements and fast iteration in machine learning pipelines. You will bring your experience working with globally distributed systems and work with our team of software engineers to help build efficient solutions. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the team.
Responsibilities
- Implement new components and feature sets for our data platform solutions in multiple problem spaces including backend services, deployment, and monitoring
- Attend stand-ups and team rituals, and work with other software engineers to deliver on team goals
- Participate in code reviews with other members of the team
- Be part of an on-call rotation to support our live products
- Provide meaningful code reviews for other members of the team
- Work collaboratively with non technical customers to accomplish deliverables
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or comparable field
- 5+ years experience in Java, Scala, or similar OO experience
- 2+ years experience in Python and SQL
- Knowledge within a diverse set of public cloud technologies: AWS RDS, S3, EC2, EKS, Lambda, etc.
- Experience in working in Agile and DevOps environment
- Knowledge with data engineering space
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with data engineering or data pipeline
- Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka or Kinesis
- Experience with Spark/PySpark
- Experience with ML Operations pipelines and infrastructure
- Experience with open source ETL frameworks such as Airflow, Luigi, or similar
Company Culture & Context
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
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.
Perks & Benefits
- Open paid time off policy
- Flexible work schedules
- Medical, dental, and life insurance
- Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- 401k with company match
- Base salary range between $161,500.00 - $227,000.00 USD (Los Angeles Only) + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO