Staff Software Engineer, Riot Client - Publishing Platform

About this role

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Staff Software Engineer at Riot, you’ll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You’ll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering

Riot Client is the gateway for millions of players to play, discover, and install Riot games, and every single desktop player goes through the Riot Client on their way to experience one of Riot’s games, ensuring their needs, whether they be providing more ways to discover games, 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 becoming a destination for players to engage with Riot games, events and communities, and is a fast-evolving desktop software that provides capabilities in game distribution, content publishing, social and internal development efficiency. 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, 2XKO, and beyond, and it is also an essential tool for internal game developers including live games and R&D games

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you will drive technical excellence by delivering high-quality solutions and fostering a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering culture. You’ll guide and mentor engineers across the software development lifecycle, contributing both hands-on and through technical leadership. Working closely with cross-functional partners and collaborating across teams at Riot, you’ll help shape sound architectural decisions that elevate the player experience

Your contributions will be key to advancing Riot’s out-of-game ecosystem, enabling the next generation of Riot Client

Apply for this role on Riot Games’s official careers site.