Senior Software Engineer, Riot Client - Publishing Platform

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you will deliver high-quality technical solutions that improve the player experience across Riot’s out-of-game ecosystem. You’ll contribute hands-on across the software development lifecycle, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other cross-functional teammates to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable Client capabilities.

You will help shape technical direction within your area of ownership, make sound implementation and design decisions, and collaborate with peers across Riot to support game distribution, content, social features, and developer productivity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain desktop application features focusing on C++, with the ability to integrate with and contribute to web-based technologies
• Deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable engineering solutions within your area of ownership, through hands-on contribution and technical design
• Contribute to technical planning and design discussions, helping evaluate tradeoffs between long-term sustainability and near-term delivery needs
• Build and apply a strong understanding of the Riot Client’s dependency landscape, partnering with teams to align on technical solutions
• Work closely with cross-functional partners, including product, production, QA, design, and data insight
• Level up other engineers through mentorship and technical guidance

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of related industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or comparable experience in software development
• Expertise with C++ in application development
• Experience in web development
• Experience working with complex code bases
• Experience of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and QA

Desired Qualifications

• Experience of working with desktop applications
• Experience of working with Electron
• Experience with build pipelines