Riot Games · 8 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - ML Platform
Los Angeles, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expRiot Games is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help evolve their next-generation ML Platform, enabling teams to seamlessly productionize and operate machine learning models at global scale. The role focuses on applying MLOps concepts to architect and build key infrastructure for model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management, directly powering high-impact ML applications across Riot’s games and internal systems.
ComputerDeveloper PlatformPC GamesVideo Games
Responsibilities
Design and implement ML inference infrastructure, supporting both real-time and nearline batch use cases, with CPU/GPU-aware orchestration and automated deployment pipelines for scalable model serving
Partner with researchers, game teams, and platform engineers to understand product needs and deliver generalizable, reusable solutions
Define and build CI/CD workflows for ML artifacts, supporting rapid iteration and safe promotion from dev to production and MLOps practices
Develop tooling for environment and dependency management (e.g., Conda/Poetry lock files, secure image builds) to ensure reliable, reproducible ML runtimes
Implement platform observability features such as monitoring, drift detection, resource utilization, and latency tracking
Establish patterns and tooling for multi-version model support, blue/green and shadow deployments, and rollback
Be thoughtful on developer UX and incorporate an iterative approach to improving
Provide technical leadership by shaping platform architecture, mentoring engineers, and contributing to team growth
Contribute upstream to shared infra initiatives and build a feedback loops and collaboration models with other Riot platform teams
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience in software engineering, with substantial time spent in platform or infrastructure teams
Proven technical leadership in building large scale distributed systems, production ML systems or model serving infrastructure at scale
Deep experience with cloud-native systems (e.g., Kubernetes, containerization, autoscaling, observability stacks)
Experience with one or more inference serving frameworks (e.g., NVIDIA Triton, KServe, TorchServe, BentoML, Seldon Core etc)
Familiarity with GPU orchestration, performance tuning, and cost-aware scheduling
Strong background in CI/CD automation, IaC tools (e.g., Terraform), and artifact management
Hands-on experience with Python ML ecosystems, package management (Poetry, Conda etc), and vulnerability scanning
Ability to mentor engineers, write clear documentation, and influence cross-functional stakeholders
Preferred
Experience building ML infrastructure within a real-time, or latency-sensitive environment
Familiarity with ML workflow tools (MLFlow, DVC, LakeFS, etc), model lifecycle management, and drift monitoring strategies
Exposure to AB testing and experimentation frameworks, especially in online model evaluation
Prior success in founding or greenfield platform work, especially building toward multi-tenancy or self-service capabilities
Passion for player experience, game systems, or creative technology development
Familiarity/experience with technical deployments in China, particularly in Tencent
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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