Riot Games · 4 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - Content Access Platform
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
10+ years expRiot Games is a company that focuses on creating games and experiences that prioritize players. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Content Access Platform team, you will design and operate large-scale back end services that support Riot’s games worldwide, while also mentoring teams and driving innovation in technology strategies.
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Responsibilities
Lead and drive the design and construction of critical, large scale services that fuel Riot’s thriving ecosystem for virtual goods
Lead the development and execution of a long-term service architecture strategy that delivers scalable, high-performance, and reliable solutions that support Riot’s strategic goals
Be a center of innovation, helping the team identify new technologies and new approaches to solving hard engineering problems
Collaborate and communicate with teams and technical leaders across Riot to resolve cross organizational engineering challenges
Implement and operate essential services used by Riot engineers and millions of Riot gamers world-wide
Work with the team to level-up systems design, infrastructure, quality, and operational capabilities
Be part of a rotational on-call schedule for live product and internal customer support
Contribute to the growth of the team and its members through technical leadership and mentoring
Work closely with non-technical partners and customers to understand their vision, clarify requirements, and drive delivery of features
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
10+ years of hands-on software development experience, with a focus on back end services
Prior experience as a technical leader setting technical vision and building alignment with senior level engineering leaders across multiple teams
Experience developing large-scale, performant, distributed solutions on cloud infrastructure
Preferred
Extensive experience with Cloud Platform providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure (AWS preferred)
Experience with building services using Java, Kotlin, or Go (Java/Kotlin preferred)
Experience with performance analysis and optimization
Experience with event driven architectures and technologies (Kafka, Event Hubs, Kinesis, etc.)
Experience leading and mentoring small engineering teams
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
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