Manager, Software Engineering, Services & China Partnership - VALORANT

About this role

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As an Engineering Manager at Riot, you’ll gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to organizational design. You will also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers, overseeing their performance and supporting their growth

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here !). As a Manager, Software Engineering on the VALORANT team , in addition to working in the code, you’ll guide engineers on the team to grow in their careers and help the overall team meet its product and technical goals. As a leader on our Core Services team, you will lead a team of engineers in improving how VALORANT builds, delivers and operates its global services platform

You will lead the development of new services, drive evergreen improvements to existing services, create standards and frameworks to improve services development across VALORANT, and improve the tools and pipelines used to ship and operate those services. You will work closely with technical teams in Tencent to improve services delivery and operations in China, closing divergences in developer experience and platform behavior between Tencent and Riot regions. You will report to the Senior Manager of Engineering for VALORANT in Sydney

This is a full-time role, based in Sydney, Australia. Responsibilities: Manage an engineering team, ensuring good practices are maintained, and collaboration is fostered between disciplines and other teams to deliver a consistently high quality experience to players. Serve as a hands-on engineering leader, actively contributing across all phases of the product lifecycle, including implementation

Participate in discussions about our product vision and ensure that vision is clear to your engineers and their respective teams. Guide the technical design, develop

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