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.
• Able 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.

Benefits

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.