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Riot Games · 17 hours ago

Technical Game Designer II - League of Legends, ARAM Mayhem

Los Angeles, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Riot Games is a company dedicated to creating engaging experiences for players. As a Technical Game Designer II on the League of Legends ARAM: Mayhem team, you will design and optimize player experiences while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to innovate and iterate player-focused designs.

ElectronicsSoftwareGamingComputerDeveloper PlatformPC GamesVideo Games

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and explain a variety of possible solutions, including the tradeoffs between them, to the team and collaboratively reach the best solution

Create design documents and frameworks that help align the team around the chosen solution

Create tools and improve pipelines that amplify the quality and velocity of your fellow designers

Be a bridge between designers and engineers, and an advocate for both solid implementation and high design velocity

Be the "go to" person for complex implementations of design content, and for shepherding projects that require heavy programmer/designer interaction

As needed, act as a C++ gameplay software engineer no more than 50% of the time (generally closer to 35%, with some weeks at 0% and occasional emergencies near 100%)

Rapidly prototype systems and features (both of your own and others’ design) for iterative playtesting and validation

Qualification

C++ developmentGame design experienceTechnical game designSystem designLeague of Legends knowledgePlayer empathyCollaborative spirit

Required

2+ years of experience in professional game design, or equivalent experience

2+ years of experience in professional engineering or technical game design, or equivalent experience

Familiarity with C++ development

Experience designing and implementing systems in large, ambiguous spaces

Experience leading development on features in a rapid development environment

Experience with balancing product goals with design decisions

Strong understanding of League of Legends gameplay content, including champions, items, runes, and map objectives

Preferred

Professional experience developing in C++

Experience with both gameplay and system design

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

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Riot Games is a global company that develops online games.

Founded in 2006

Los Angeles, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.riotgames.com

H1B Sponsorship

Riot Games has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (98)

2024 (65)

2023 (113)

2022 (80)

2021 (84)

2020 (70)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$21M

Key Investors

Benchmark,FirstMark,TencentBenchmark,FirstMark

2018-12-31Series Unknown· $6M

2016-11-14Convertible Note

2011-02-01Acquired

Leadership Team

A. Dylan Jadeja

Chief Executive Officer

Brandon Beck

Co-chairman, Co-founder

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