Software Engineer - Central Technology, Infrastructure (Optimize & Protect)
Riot Games · Los Angeles, USA
About this role
Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As Software Engineers, we work with both new and current technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver player value. ## Role Overview As a **Software Engineer** on the **Infrastructure Team (Protect)**, you’ll be part of a team focused on developing solutions to ensure the secure, scalable operations of Riot’s global network backbone and UDP game traffic—working in collaboration with other infrastructure and game teams. You’ll report directly to the Manager of Software Engineering on the team. ## Responsibilities - Break down and independently execute on work with general direction from team tech leadership - Adhere to quality design, coding standards, and general engineering best practices - Continually look for efficiency and improvement opportunities, propose solutions, and participate in code reviews - Work with team technical leadership to ensure successful implementation - Build healthy relationships with other engineers on the team - Participate in routine, emergent, and on-call work including analysis focused on uptime, SLAs, and RCAs ## Required Qualifications - 2+ years experience as a software engineer with focus on infrastructure or tooling in a fast-paced, large-scale environment - Experience with the full software development life cycle - Experience in one or more object oriented languages (e.g., Go, C++, Python, Java) - Experience with large-scale cloud and/or physical infrastructure ecosystems - Understanding of core infrastructure services, distributed systems, microservices, and software at a large scale ## Desired Qualifications - Experience in fast-paced and matrixed organizations - Experience operating and supporting agile development, production services, and high availability - Experience developing using cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP) with containers and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), managed using infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi) - Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD) - Experience working with the Linux kernel—writing software/firmware for hardware environments - Strong understanding of networking (HTTP down to the network layer: TCP/IP, routing, DNS, etc.) *For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position.* ## Our Perks Riot focuses on work/life balance with an open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules. They also offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave, and a 401k with company match. ## Equal Employment Opportunity Riot Games provides equal employment opportunity and may provide reasonable accommodations. Job duties may evolve based on business needs, and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.
Listing freshness
CronJobs last confirmed this listing 2h ago. If its source stops confirming the opening for seven days, this page is removed from active inventory.