About the role
Role Overview
Engineers join Riot to become masters of their craft, focusing on game engines, content pipelines, developer workflows, and other critical core capabilities. As a Staff Software Engineer on VALORANT’s Foundations Developer Experience & Workflows team, you will work directly on the VALORANT development team, collaborating with engineers, designers, artists, producers, and QA. You will design and evolve the platforms, tools, and workflows that power how VALORANT’s game developers create, iterate on, and validate content for both PC and console. The role includes leveraging AI to accelerate development while establishing appropriate guardrails for trust, quality, and reliability. This role reports to the Engineering Manager on the Foundations Developer Experience & Workflows team.
Responsibilities
- Create tools and systems that improve developer experience and efficiency.
- Work with stakeholders across the organization to address their pain points and exceed their expectations for what development on VALORANT can be.
- Influence software engineering best practices for development.
- Develop sustainable solutions that are testable, robust, and will ensure a consistent player experience across platforms.
- Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team.
- Contribute to development efforts through effective breakdown and execution on multi-month development efforts.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including experience delivering live or shipped games at scale.
- 2+ years professional experience with Unreal Engine.
- 2+ years professional experience with C++.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience.
- Experience collaborating on cross-team development efforts (3+ months in scope), including requirements gathering, planning, and release.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience serving on a team that builds player-facing areas of a live game, such as characters, maps, modes, systems, or other in-game experiences.
- Experience building shared game development tooling.
Perks and 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.
- Short and long-term disability.
Compensation
- Base salary range: $192,500.00 - $269,400.00 USD.
- Additional compensation: Incentive compensation and equity.
Company Culture and Policies
- Riot Games values putting players first and fostering collaborative, empowered teams.
- Equal employment opportunity policy applies to all applicants.
- Riot Games provides reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, or criminal history.
- Core duties that may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories include:
- 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.