Staff Software Engineer, Engine Performance (Tools) - Central Technology, Unreal Ecosystem
Riot Games · Los Angeles, USA
About this role
## 🎮 Staff Software Engineer, Engine Performance (Tools) **Central Technology — Unreal Ecosystem (UnEco) | Riot Games** Riot's UnEco team impacts a wide array of topics including audio, test automation, runtime performance, tooling, and CI/CD. As a **Staff Software Engineer**, you'll drive engineering vision, mentor fellow engineers, and deliver solutions to complex performance and tooling challenges across game teams. --- ### 📋 Responsibilities - Write excellent, high-standard code as a hands-on contributor - Partner with game teams to diagnose and improve player-facing performance - Partner with infrastructure teams on bandwidth optimization, server density, and resource utilization - Improve developer experience (cook/build times, editor load times, pain point resolution) - Lead multi-month to year-plus technical work efforts across the business unit - Break down ambiguous problems, identify risks, and communicate trade-offs clearly - Work across tech stacks: infrastructure, build/test automation, release pipelines, and developer tooling - Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier for your team - Model Riot values as a standard-bearer for your team and others --- ### ✅ Required Qualifications - 5+ years of software engineering experience - Expertise with **C++** - Experience with modern video game engines and large game teams - Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing complex projects - Strong knowledge of game and software design patterns - Experience shipping games across multiple platforms - Experience with profiling tools (e.g. **Unreal Insights**, **PIX**) - Experience with tools engineering and building/maintaining developer productivity tools --- ### ⭐ Desired Qualifications - Experience with **Unreal Engine 5** - Experience building online games - Experience with rendering in Unreal Engine titles --- ### 🎁 Perks & Benefits - Open paid time off & flexible work schedules - Medical, dental, and life insurance - Parental leave (for you, spouse/domestic partner, and children) - 401k with company match *Riot Games is an equal opportunity employer. Visit their benefits page for full details.*
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