Staff Software Engineer, Build Platforms - VALORANT

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction and decision-making at the team level, advising on aspects of delivery such as architecture, maintenance, cost, and scale.
• Identify and resolve cross-system bottlenecks across local workflows, Unreal build/cook systems, CI, release infrastructure, and developer-facing tools.
• Work with VALORANT developers and stakeholders to align on priorities and deliverables.
• Lead efforts to break down and execute on multi-month engineering efforts, partnering with central technology teams to leverage their expertise.
• Participate in the team's support rotation.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• BS degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience architecting and maintaining developer-facing products and platforms, supporting complex workflows and emerging requirements.
• Experience building automated build, test, and release pipelines.
• Strong empathy for improving the developer experience and reducing friction within the iteration loop.
• Expertise with C++, C#, Java, or Go.
• Ability to communicate complex technical subjects to all levels.
• Willingness to jump into unfamiliar technologies and take on new challenges.
• Experience mentoring other engineers.

Desired Qualifications

• Professional experience working with cloud technologies.
• Experience working directly with Unreal Engine game build systems.
• Experience with Perforce workflows, large Unreal workspaces, content cooking, packaging, or build artifact debugging.
• Experience with BuildGraph and Horde.
• Professional experience serving as a technical lead for a team of engineers.
• Professional experience building large-scale backend systems or game services.