Riot Games · 1 month ago
Manager, Software Engineering, Services - VALORANT
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expRiot Games is a company dedicated to creating player-first experiences, and they are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering for their VALORANT team. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers to enhance the services that support VALORANT, ensuring high-quality service delivery and fostering team growth and collaboration.
ComputerDeveloper PlatformPC GamesVideo Games
Responsibilities
Manage a team of 5-10 Software Engineers across experience levels
Ensure VALORANT Players receive a consistently great services experience in Riot and Tencent regions
Serve as a hands-on engineering leader, actively contributing across all phases of the product lifecycle, including implementation
Develop a technical vision for your team, working with production and product partners to ensure consistency with overall product goals. Communicate this vision to your team clearly
Advocate for Players, your team, and internal development customers when deciding what to build and why. Coordinate with other teams across Riot and Tencent working on Services technology
Ensure high technical quality of what your team produces. Establish mechanisms to ensure your engineers have room to invent while maintaining a technical backstop for them
Foster a collaborative, challenging, and satisfying environment for your development team. Find and surface issues, opportunities, and address them head-on. Celebrate wins
Coach and develop your engineering team to grow in their roles, develop technical skills, and improve their effectiveness
Champion and model Riot’s values, setting the tone for your team and peers
Participate in your team’s on-call rotation
Qualification
Required
5+ years professional experience as a software engineer working in services development roles
2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead & mentor
Professional experience driving technical direction and influencing architecture within a team
Expertise with C#, Java, Golang, or similar language(s)
Professional experience with Lean or Agile development processes (Scrum, Kanban, etc)
Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies
Professional experience building large-scale backend systems or game services
Preferred
Professional or academic experience working with C++
Professional or hobby experience working with Unreal Engine
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
Company
Riot Games
Riot Games is a global company that develops online games.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$21M2018-12-31Series Unknown· $6M
2016-11-14Convertible Note
2011-02-01Acquired
Leadership Team
A. Dylan Jadeja
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Beck
Co-chairman, Co-founder
Recent News
2026-01-07
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