Riot Games · 1 week ago
Staff Software Engineer, Deploy - Developer Connections
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expRiot Games is a company that connects developers around the globe to ship awesome games. As a Staff Software Engineer focused on deploy and release, you will lead initiatives to empower game developers, streamline processes, and enhance the overall developer experience across Riot.
ComputerDeveloper PlatformPC GamesVideo Games
Responsibilities
Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., League, VALORANT, R&D) to understand and support shared release processes and systems, identifying which components should be owned centrally and which patterns should be reusable across production games
Collaborate with stakeholders to relieve burdens stemming from non-game-differentiating concerns
Partner with Infrastructure, Database teams, and game teams to design, build, and support centrally managed capabilities such as MySQL database services and object storage, establishing consistent patterns that remove operational overhead for teams
Define requirements for automation, lifecycle management, and dependency orchestration across build, deploy, release, and managed service workflows; collaborate with DevCon’s Build and Publish teams to ensure reliable delivery
Develop provisioning workflows, lifecycle automation, and framework-level abstractions that allow developers to access database and storage resources through simple, unified interfaces without managing underlying cloud or platform complexity
Contribute to migration tooling and adoption strategies that help onboard existing workloads into managed capabilities, improving reliability, security posture, and consistency through standardized patterns
Lead and contribute to cross-team architectural designs and standards related to release, orchestration, automation, and managed infrastructure
Collaborate with teams throughout Riot to leverage shared expertise and solutions, and help shape the technical direction of Riot’s development ecosystem
Qualification
Required
6+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
BS in Computer Science, or equivalent understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
2+ years of experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code technologies (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
Preferred
Experience leading technical development in large-scale deployment, release, orchestration, or foundational managed service systems
Experience with modern Release Engineering tooling and deployment automation frameworks (e.g., Spinnaker, ArgoCD, Octopus, proprietary orchestrators)
Experience building or maintaining deployment workflows for live game services, including blue/green, canary, and rollback strategies
Experience with cross-platform deployment pipelines (e.g., PC, console certification flows, mobile store release processes)
Experience designing or integrating managed infrastructure capabilities such as storage services, relational data platforms, or distributed foundational systems
Experience collaborating across multiple teams, including service owners, QA, LiveOps, and compliance or certification partners
Familiarity with the tools in a modern game or service developer's toolbox, and genuine curiosity to learn more
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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