Game Product Managers at Riot lead passionate teams to create and evolve products and experiences for our players. We seek to deeply understand our product’s audience and drive strategy to create value for players and for Riot. We help concept, build, and influence projects at all stages of production.

As a Director, Games Product Management at Riot, you will combine deep knowledge of players, systems, and technology with product leadership capabilities to drive player, product and business impact. As the PM Lead for the Cross-VALORANT Experience Initiative on VALORANT, you will define the long term vision of the team’s feature roadmap by actively evaluating opportunity areas and prioritizing features based upon player impact. You incorporate learnings from product experiments, constantly updating your understanding of the product audience to better predict what players care about, and incorporate these lessons into future problem space definition and roadmap focus.

The Cross-VALORANT Experience team (XVX) is responsible for providing a cohesive and holistic experience for millions of players worldwide, setting up VALORANT to continue its success for new and existing players alike. This area is connected to the entire product, from the front end UI down to the low-level performance of the game itself, and ensures a high quality player experience via close partnerships with all other VALORANT teams.

Your curiosity and deep understanding of the intricate nuances of the VALORANT development team’s workflows will be used to improve the ease and efficiency of the development and testing processes in order to ultimately improve the quality of the player experience. You will be accountable for the holistic player journey throughout the VALORANT client in addition to maintaining a high level of in-game quality and performance on PC and Console for our players worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for player facing and highly technical opportunities on the VALORANT XVX team.
• Drive the core loop in the player flow by improving session start, in-game, and post-game experiences so each match feels rewarding and naturally leads to the next.
• Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, adeptly anticipating future challenges and orchestrating multi-team responses to meet the evolving needs of our players and development teams located throughout the world.
• Work across all game teams and lead highly complex cross game projects representing the holistic out of game player experience.
• Manage technical complexity, validating requirements and designs for data-intensive projects, and communicating technical tradeoffs to a non-technical audience.
• Partner and collaborate with Engineering, Production, Product, and Insights to align on the product and technical plans and ensure that the products are aligned with the game team’s and Riot’s goals.
• Manage relationships with partners, stakeholders and customers, in addition to direct management over PMs and TPMs within the organization.

Required Qualifications: 

• Experience leading teams through feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support)
• 8+ years experience in game / software development
• 6+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Producer on medium to large teams
• 4+ years of direct people management experience
• Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
• Deep understanding of player/customer needs within complex audience segments and the ability to anticipate future demands
• Understanding of mechanics used in Free to Play games to drive engagement and revenue, either through design or personal experience
• Experience leading large, multi-disciplinary teams to successful major product outcomes
• Experience breaking down complex problems and problem spaces using various business or product frameworks and crafting optimal solutions for our players and our business

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in video game production, product management, consulting, or business strategy for consumer-facing products preferred
• Deep understanding of video games, video game systems, and Player behavior either professionally or personally
• MBA or advanced degrees in Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Management Information Systems, a related discipline, or comparable work experiences (meaningful work experience = 3+ years in relevant space)

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

As a Character Concept Artist at Riot, you will bring characters and creatures to life. Drawing inspiration from as little as a napkin sketch or as much as a full-blown narrative concept, you will generate ideas and craft designs that are resonant, compelling, and iconic. As a problem solver, first and foremost, you will help come up with visual solutions for game concepts.

As a Principal Character Concept Artist on the VALORANT team, you’ll be responsible for designing characters that fit the thematics and tone of the game, while helping to define a unique interpretation of the IP that fits within our genre and gameplay needs. You’ll partner with the Art Director and character art leaders as you work across disciplines to shape the visual identity of new characters. You will also collaborate closely with designers, writers, and producers to bring these characters to life through strong, story-driven design.

Responsibilities:

• Build, sketch, ideate, and iterate new character concepts in collaboration with other developers
• Craft detailed concept art and orthographics for 3D artists and animators to implement into working game assets
• A visual storyteller, able to design visual reads and details that breathe life into a character and communicate the core fantasy and persona in original ways that successfully push the boundaries of the VALORANT IP
• Creatively solve problems and figure out efficient solutions on executing the look and feel of the character
• Hold the Creative Vision and drive other discipline to build characters that are cohesive in their visuals, narrative, and gameplay
• Take your skillful knowledge of story tropes, archetypes, and narrative devices of all kinds to help improve the designs that go into our worlds.
• Bring your deep understanding of human and animal anatomy and know how to stretch the limits while still maintaining a consistent art direction.
• Mentor and support concept artists on your team through your craft

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in the video game industry as a Character Concept Artist
• 5+ years of experience working with Photoshop or other relevant painting/design tools
• Mastery of human and animal anatomy, color theory, value, and silhouette.
• A portfolio demonstrating not just high-quality stylized artwork, but the ability to solve complex design challenges (e.g., functional clothing, mechanical components, or unique silhouettes).
• Ability to transform creative briefs into a range of initial ideas and iteratively strengthen designs throughout the full development lifecycle.
• Experience mentoring other artists and working cross-functionally with 3D, Animation, and Narrative teams to bring a character from concept to ship.
• Exceptional skill in synthesizing contemporary styles and global trends into unique IP-specific aesthetics to drive character identity and visual storytelling.

Desired Qualifications:

• Shipped a AAA title as a Character Concept Artist
• Experience working as a Character Concept Artist on an FPS title
• Ability to create 3D proxies/blockouts or paint over 3D models as part of your visual design process.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

When submitting your application, please provide a portfolio of your high-quality concept art - including stylized artwork.

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

Riot Games Sydney is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Sydney-based VALORANT, Player Dynamics Team. Internal Job Title: Software Engineer II.

As Software Engineers at Riot, we bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas and also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. We have a deep passion for helping to bring joy to players via technical solutions.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the VALORANT Social and Player Dynamics Team, you will be responsible for the systems that keep the game safe for all players by enforcing fair play and communication. You will be working closely with the team to react to analytics and community feedback to make VALORANT a positive, fun gaming experience for everyone.

You will report to the Engineering Manager of the Social and Player Dynamics area.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and deliver gameplay features and back end services for our players
• Lead projects with your teammates and in collaboration with other teams and disciplines
• Seek out and champion development process improvements
• Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence
• Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team
• Troubleshoot live service issues as part of an on-call rotation

Required Qualifications: 

• 4+ years experience in professional software development
• 3+ years professional experience with C++
• Experience collaborating on cross-team development efforts on software projects, including requirements gathering, planning and release - coordinating with relevant stakeholders across different disciplines

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience
• Experience developing and shipping code in a real-time 3D environments (e.g. Unity, Unreal, Godot)
• Experience developing within gameplay systems for Unreal Engine games
• Experience with perforce and/or github version control systems
• Experience developing and shipping code for high load real time services

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Working closely with the LA Headquarters, Riot Sydney is a powerhouse of talent, and experts in global development. Our team works on VALORANT, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, alongside exciting R&D and Tech projects.

If you believe that the Player Experience comes first, we want to hear from you. The people who play our games are a diverse group from different backgrounds, and we want to see that reflected in the people who make our games, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment.

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle.

We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!).

Our Perks:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

As Software Engineers at Riot, we bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas and also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. We have a deep passion for helping to bring joy to players via technical solutions.

In VALORANT Foundations, we focus on the game engine, content pipelines, developer workflows, and other critical core capabilities. As a Senior Software Engineer on the VALORANT Foundations Release Engineering team, you will work with our core build and delivery systems ensuring that our players receive the amazing content VALORANT has to offer regularly. This role will report to the Engineering Manager on VALORANT Foundations, Release Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to effectively maintaining, upgrading and solidifying the release pipeline to deliver VALORANT to all players across the globe.
• Drive technical processes to improve the automation and longevity of the release pipeline.
• Collaborate with teammates through leading development efforts around solidifying and automating domain areas.
• Implement testable, robust engineering solutions to complex problem spaces and release these with a defensive mindset.
• Contribute to development efforts through effective breakdown and execution on multi-month development efforts.
• Provide mentorship to junior members of the team.
• Participate in the team’s support rotations.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience in professional software development.
• Experience developing and maintaining live service products with a proven track record of focusing on developer experience.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and communicate technical concepts effectively across disciplines.
• Expertise in maintaining and improving orchestration pipelines (Jenkins, Horde or similar).
• Professional or hobby experience working with Unreal Engine

Desired Qualifications:

• 3+ years professional experience utilising either C# and/or Groovy.
• Expert proficiency with Jenkins and a deep knowledge of orchestrating and optimizing a global release flow.
• Professional experience with Lean or Agile development processes (Scrum, Kanban, etc).
• Strong proficiency in automating workflows to ensure maintainability and scalability. 
• Expertise in building automated build, test and release pipelines.
• Proficient with C++ and deep knowledge of software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency).
• Technical expertise in utilising Github actions for service delivery and automation.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating across disciplines.

For this role, you'll succeed through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritises the delight of players. While we will analyse your past studies and experience, we will also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Working closely with Riot teams globally, Riot Sydney is a powerhouse of talent, and experts in global development. Our team works on VALORANT, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, alongside exciting R&D and Tech projects.

If you believe that the Player Experience comes first, we want to hear from you. Our players are a diverse group from different backgrounds, and we want to see that reflected in the people who make our games. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

The Insights discipline helps empower Rioters' decision-making to be more data-informed. We're an interdisciplinary group of scientists, consultants, and strategists from all sorts of backgrounds who join together to represent and advocate for gamers around the world. We believe that illuminating the globally diverse experiences, behaviors, and needs of gamers is critical to Riot living up to our player-focused mission. We're a group united by our love of games, science, and helping others succeed.

You will be joining as a Senior Manager for the Competitive Insights team, which supports the broader Competitive Area that includes teams like Match Services, Player Dynamics, Esports Features, and Premier. You’ll lead and support our Insighters in the Area to inform strategic decision-making, uncover opportunities, and represent needs and pain points for our players. Your team will conduct playtests, experiments, studies, and holistic analyses that guide the Competitive roadmap with clarity and rigor. You will be accountable for delivering high-quality insights and ensuring the team operates effectively by ensuring their work plays a pivotal role in guiding development of our features and/or strategy. Your scientific skill set, background in gameplay systems, strong communication skills, organizational rigor, and leadership capabilities will ensure that we have a high-functioning Insights team that can help ensure our product managers, designers, and Area leadership team have the information they need about our players to make VALORANT the best it has ever been. You will own our product and business validation strategies, help define key product performance targets, and monitor performance against those targets for the Area. You will report to the Insights Lead for VALORANT.

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a high-performing team of Insighters—setting priorities, ensuring craft excellence, and promoting continuous improvement in insights delivery.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and VAL Tac leadership to shape strategy, monitor performance in areas like engagement, matchmaking, and player sentiment, and drive decisions grounded in player-centered insights
• Oversee prioritization of Insights efforts, balancing the needs of several stakeholder groups across the Competitive Area
• Frame and execute validation strategies, define key KPIs, and monitor outcomes. Ensure insights are framed into compelling, actionable narratives to inform product direction 
• Mentor and grow Insighters, championing craft standards, collaboration, and strategic problem-solving across Riot’s Insights organization

Required Qualifications: 

• 7+ years of professional experience in research, analytics, data-driven strategy, or related fields, with at least 2+ years of managing teams.
• Working knowledge of both analytics and research, with 5+ years specializing in at least one
• A keen ability to translate complex insights into strategic recommendations, influence senior stakeholders, and tell clear data-driven stories.
• Trusted to operate independently regardless of structure, owns larger problems/projects/workstreams
• Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
• Experience synthesizing & socializing results and distilling them into impactful recommendations for product leadership
• Experience leading complex efforts with multiple collaborators
• Understanding of matchmaking and competitive systems used in multiplayer games used to drive engagement or player sentiment, either through design or personal experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with game teams through the entire lifecycle of the product (development, launch, and live operations) 
• Vendor management experience

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As an Engineering Manager at Riot, you’ll gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to organizational design. You will also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers, overseeing their performance and supporting their growth.

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!).

As a Manager, Software Engineering on the VALORANT team, in addition to working in the code, you’ll guide engineers on the team to grow in their careers and help the overall team meet its product and technical goals. As a leader on our Core Services team, you will lead a team of engineers in improving how VALORANT builds, delivers and operates its global services platform. You will lead the development of new services, drive evergreen improvements to existing services, create standards and frameworks to improve services development across VALORANT, and improve the tools and pipelines used to ship and operate those services. You will work closely with technical teams in Tencent to improve services delivery and operations in China, closing divergences in developer experience and platform behavior between Tencent and Riot regions. You will report to the Senior Manager of Engineering for VALORANT in Sydney.

This is a full-time role, based in Sydney, Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Manage an engineering team, ensuring good practices are maintained, and collaboration is fostered between disciplines and other teams to deliver a consistently high quality experience to players.
• Serve as a hands-on engineering leader, actively contributing across all phases of the product lifecycle, including implementation.
• Participate in discussions about our product vision and ensure that vision is clear to your engineers and their respective teams.
• Guide the technical design, development and operation of services, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Break down multi-month projects into smaller projects and tasks.
• Implement and champion engineering standards to ensure high quality code.
• Coach more junior engineers through code reviews and 1-on-1 feedback.
• Troubleshoot live service issues as part of an on-call rotation.
• Mentor engineers identifying stretch opportunities for them to grow. 
• Manage the health and performance of the engineering team with empathy and authenticity, building trust, and inspiring them to overcome challenges. 
• Seek different perspectives to solve problems, encouraging engineers and others to contribute ideas. Base your decisions on sound analysis and avoid biases.

Required Qualifications: 

• 2+ years of experience directly leading a software delivery team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead & mentor.
• 5+ years of experience as a hands-on software engineer working in service development.
• Fluent in written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and English; comfortable communicating technically in both languages.
• Expertise with C#, Java, Golang, or similar language(s).
• Experience collaborating across departments and disciplines to create solutions.
• Experience working in an agile environment.

Desired Qualifications:

Ideal candidates will have broad experience which covers 1 or more of the following:

• Professional experience building large-scale, high-performance backend systems or game services.
• Experience working with C++.
• Professional or hobby experience working with Unreal Engine.
• Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies.
• Experience delivering complex features in a live game or product.
• Experience working in a distributed environment across time zones and cultures.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Staff Software Engineer at Riot, you’ll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You’ll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!).

As a Staff Software Engineer on the VALORANT team, you’ll drive the direction of how VALORANT builds, delivers and operates its global services platform. You will lead the development of new services, drive evergreen improvements to existing services, create standards and frameworks to improve services development across VALORANT, and improve the tools and pipelines used to ship and operate those services. You will work closely with technical teams in Tencent to improve services delivery and operations in China, closing divergences in developer experience and platform behavior between Tencent and Riot regions.

This is a full-time role, based in Sydney, Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Lead development of VALORANT’s services platform as part of a distributed team across Sydney and the US.
• Guide the technical design, development and operation of services, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Champion the technical vision for your team with production and other engineering teams.
• Advocate for players, your team, and internal development customers when deciding what to build and why. Coordinate with other teams across Riot and in Tencent working on, delivering and operating services.
• Serve as technical lead on projects, designing technical solutions and reviewing others’ to anticipate disruptions or complexities. Write critical portions of code and shepherd solutions to successful deployment and operation.
• Plan and sequence the parallel rollout of major system changes using technical designs and instruction.
• Be a standard-bearer and role model of Riot values for your team and others.
• Be a force multiplier for your team. Mentor and direct engineers on your team by breaking down complex tasks and reviewing their delivery.
• Implement and champion engineering standards to ensure high quality code.
• Coach more junior engineers through code reviews and 1-on-1 feedback.
• Troubleshoot live service issues as part of an on-call rotation.
• Seek different perspectives to solve problems, encouraging engineers and others to contribute ideas. Base your decisions on sound analysis and avoid biases.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience as a hands-on software engineer working in service development.
• Fluent in written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and English; comfortable communicating technically in both languages.
• Expertise with C#, Java, Golang, or similar language(s).
• Professional experience building large-scale, high-performance backend systems or game services.

Desired Qualifications:

Ideal candidates will have broad experience which covers 1 or more of the following:

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience working with C++.
• Professional or hobby experience working with Unreal Engine.
• Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies.
• Experience delivering complex features in a live game or product.
• Experience working in a distributed environment across time zones and cultures.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll predominantly offer creative solutions to organizational design. You’ll also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability.

Want to lead AI development for the world’s largest competitive tactical shooter? As Engineering Manager of the VALORANT AI team, you will guide a group of engineers building the systems, behaviors, and machine-learning–driven capabilities. You will lead a passionate team of engineers in supporting the ongoing needs of a large and geographically diverse development team. You will bring management and AI development experience, strong technical judgment, and a passion for advocating for both players and developers.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a group of 4-8 engineers across experience levels, providing regular feedback and performance management. Coach and develop your engineering team to grow in their roles, develop technical skills, and improve their effectiveness.
• Develop and communicate the technical vision for your team, working with design, production, and game leadership partners to ensure consistency with overall product goals. Communicate and evangelize this vision to your team clearly.
• Advocate for players, your team, and internal development customers when deciding what to build and why. Coordinate and work effectively with other teams across Riot working on AI and ML technology.
• Serve as a technical backstop by contributing to code as appropriate, reviewing technical designs, and ensuring strong engineering practices and architectural rigor. Ensure high technical quality of what your team produces.
• Foster a collaborative, challenging, and satisfying environment for your development team. Find and surface issues, opportunities, and address them head-on. Celebrate wins.
• Be a standard-bearer and role model of Riot values for your team and others.
• Resolve conflict and respond to emergent issues.
• Other reasonable activities required by management

Required Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of experience as a hands-on Software Engineer
• 2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team of at least 4 as an Engineering Manager and/or Engineering Lead
• 2+ years experience developing in Unreal, Unity, or another game engine
• 2+ years experience with game AI technologies (behavior trees, perception systems, etc.) and/or ML technologies (data science, machine learning, model training and inference, etc.)
• Experience writing, reading, and reviewing C++
• Experience working in complex, large-scale game or engine codebases
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience developing games for Xbox and PlayStation console platforms
• Experience in Agile processes and continuous delivery

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to organizational design. You’ll also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers and managers, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability.

VALORANT is Riot's take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!). As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Build, Release, Operate) in VALORANT’s Foundations area, you will lead multiple teams of engineers responsible for improving how VALORANT builds, delivers, and operates its live service game. Your responsibility will include the pipelines used to build and deliver the Unreal game client, Unreal game server, and game services platform globally, including to China. You will drive improvements to services development and observability, enabling teams to better own and continuously improve the reliability and operability of the services they own. In addition to teams across VALORANT, you will partner closely with teams across Riot and Tencent to reduce friction, ensure operational excellence, and ensure an amazing player experience. You will report to the Director of Engineering for the VALORANT Foundations area.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support a team of 15–20 engineers and engineering managers across Los Angeles, Seattle, and Sydney, consisting of both individual contributors and people managers.
• Oversee a combination of direct and dotted-line reports, working closely with a Senior Manager in Sydney to ensure alignment for shared responsibilities.
• Partner with discipline and product leadership to shape product vision and define the technical direction that improves how VALORANT builds and delivers its Unreal game client, Unreal game server, and game services platform, and how it operates them continuously at global scale.
• Collaborate effectively with geo-distributed teams across Riot and Tencent, adjusting schedules as needed to accommodate time zones.
• Serve as a hands-on engineering leader, actively contributing across all phases of the product lifecycle, including implementation.
• Raise technical standards and refine processes to drive more effective product delivery and operations.
• Champion and model Riot’s values, setting the tone for your team and peers.
• Contribute to the team’s support rotation.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years professional experience as a software engineer working in services development roles.
• 4+ years as an Engineering Manager leading engineers and engineering managers.
• Professional experience driving technical direction and influencing architecture at team of teams scale.
• Expertise with C#, Java, Golang, or similar language(s).
• Professional experience with Lean or Agile development processes (Scrum, Kanban, etc).
• Professional experience working with cloud computing and cloud technologies.
• Professional experience building large-scale backend systems or game services.

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional or academic experience working with C++.
• Professional experience working in a leadership role in a multi-geo organization.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

The Insights discipline helps empower Rioters' decision-making to be more data-informed. We're an interdisciplinary group of scientists, consultants, and strategists from all sorts of backgrounds who join together to represent and advocate for gamers around the world. We believe that illuminating the globally diverse experiences, behaviors, and needs of gamers is essential to Riot living up to our player-focused mission. We're a group united by our love of games, science, and helping others succeed.

We’re looking for a Director of Gameplay Insights to help shape the future of VALORANT. This leader will guide how we understand players, measure success, and translate insights into game direction. Your team supports product managers, game designers, and creative leads to inform core gameplay decisions, live balance, and feature development, ensuring that every step is grounded in a deep understanding of players. You’ll lead a talented team of analysts and researchers who merge insights skills with player intuition about what makes great games. You’ll work alongside insights teams in Publishing, Esports, Platform Technology, and Data to connect the dots across the full VALORANT ecosystem - from discovery to retention, from gameplay to fandom. This role reports to the Global Head of VALORANT Insights and offers a hybrid work-from-home and in-office model, with your home base being our global headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. 

Responsibilities:

Lead a High-Impact Insights Team

• Oversee an insights team focused on core gameplay: agents, maps, modes, and live game balance.
• Coach and develop managers to lead their own high-impact teams of analysts and researchers. 
• Mentor team members to deepen their craft and apply insights directly to gameplay, systems, and content decisions, building credibility as partners to designers, creatives, and product managers.
• Foster a learning culture where player empathy, experimentation, and creative thinking thrive.

Oversee Product Insights for VALORANT

• Partner with game team leadership to define what success looks like for player engagement and long-term growth.
• Deliver insight-backed guidance on core game systems, progression, live balance, monetization, competitive systems, and content strategy.
• Develop and maintain a holistic understanding of VALORANT’s player base through both quantitative and qualitative research and analytics.
• Elevate how insights are used in daily development, from ideation and playtests to post-launch evaluation and iteration.

Elevate the Insights Craft

• Coach and mentor senior analysts to think like quantitative storytellers, from hypothesis framing and model selection to narrative structuring and business impact articulation.
• Partner with data and engineering teams to improve data quality and instrumentation, ensuring reliable, timely insights that move at the pace of development.
• Set and uphold high insights standards, from design to validation, ensuring methods are sound and conclusions hold up under peer review.
• Act as a thought partner to senior Product Managers and devs by pushing back when methods or assumptions are weak, proposing better alternatives, and earning trust by staying grounded in the domain.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience in data analytics, management consulting, product management, or related experience with applied quantitative skills
• Working knowledge of both analytics and research, with 5+ years specializing in at least one
• 4+ years of experience managing individuals or teams
• Ability to develop strong, open, and collaborative working relationships with peers and senior leaders 

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working on games, with knowledge of development practices and practical considerations involved in making games
• Experience supporting live service games
• Experience with (or demonstrated understanding of) First Person Shooter game dynamics and player needs
• Experience managing other managers

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

As a Game Design Manager / Level Design Lead you'll be front and center in defining the design of our game. You'll partner with leads from multiple disciplines to ensure that VALORANT’s tactical gameplay shines through. You'll be a champion for design excellence, and level up those around you. You’ll apply rigorous critical thinking and a strong dose of imagination to engineer the fun of thrilling in-game experiences. You'll work with every tool at hand and collaborate with multiple interdisciplinary teams to create player-focused designs that'll delight millions around the world.

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-driven tactical shooter—one where every angle matters, every decision carries weight, and competitive integrity is sacred.

As Level Design Lead, you’ll help define the future of VALORANT’s maps: evolving existing spaces, leading bold new innovations, and ensuring every map delivers on the tactical depth players expect. You’ll partner closely with design, art, and production leadership to shape how millions of players experience the game—today and years from now.

This role is both strategic and hands-on. You’ll lead a small, talented team of level designers while remaining deeply connected to the craft—jumping into the editor, guiding design decisions, and helping ship meaningful updates and reworks to a live, competitive game.

You’ll report to the Director, Game Design and work at the heart of VALORANT’s gameplay evolution.

Responsibilities:

• Set and evolve the design vision for VALORANT maps, ensuring they uphold the game’s tactical DNA while pushing the genre forward
• Lead both live map updates and major reworks, building on successes like Breeze and shaping how players engage with maps over time
• Drive innovation on new maps, exploring new ideas while protecting competitive integrity
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of level designers, leveling up their craft through hands-on feedback, coaching, and example
• Partner closely with Map Art, Lighting, and Production, blending gameplay clarity with visual quality and shipping reliably at high polish
• Guide projects from early concept through final release, balancing player value, development cost, and long-term sustainability
• Influence senior leadership on product direction, strategy, and priorities related to maps and gameplay experiences
• Anticipate player needs across platforms, understanding how different audiences engage with competitive shooters
• Champion player empathy, using data, feedback, and intuition to evolve maps in ways that resonate with the community

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in a Level Design role; experience as a game design owner of multiple large projects in parallel with successful delivery
• 1+ years people management experience; experience with mentorship of other designers leading to a promotion or substantial positive improvements in their work
• Experience creating systemic change to a design team’s process or principles to improve output significantly across the team
• Experience leading cross-discipline teams to deliver on design goals
• Experience communicating and expressing complex and nuanced designs in simple ways
• Leadership experience resolving conflict, and when needed offering difficult feedback with respect

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working as a developer on an FPS title.
• Strong understanding of Tactical FPS principles and can apply them effectively
• Robust understanding of the FPS market and player motivations and behaviors
• Can quickly produce a wide breadth of mechanics solutions, and generate and identify an excellent solution
• Experience developing on multiple platforms

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll work alongside other engineers to implement technical solutions at a company-wide scale. You’ll collaborate with teams to ensure high quality and stack applicability, and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

VALORANT is Riot's take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!). As a Principal Software Engineer on the Developer Experience & Workflows team, you will lead the technical design and execution of major improvements to VALORANT’s Unreal Engine-based development platform. Guiding engineers across multiple teams, your work will reimagine how developers across all disciplines build amazing new content and experiences for players. You will report to the Director of Engineering for the VALORANT Foundations area.

Responsibilities:

• Be hands-on in development, writing excellent code that sets a high standard for other engineers.
• Define and drive the technical direction in an area spanning multiple teams located in North America and Australia. 
• Be a vital part of the live development of agents, maps, skins, modes, and more by creating new capabilities, reducing pain points, and supporting new workflows in VALORANT’s development platform.
• Drive improvement to the VALORANT developer experience through major development in Unreal Engine, Unreal Editor, and the around-editor developer tooling.
• Provide mentorship to engineers, tech artists, and tech designers. You help Rioters develop the tools and creative atmosphere to shine, but ultimately hold them accountable for making smart calls and delivering player value.
• Be a standard-bearer and role model of Riot values for your team and others.
• Participate in the team's support rotation.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as a hands-on software engineer.
• 5+ years professional experience with C++.
• 3+ years experience developing in a commercial game engine (e.g. Unreal, Unity) or an equivalent multi-game multi-platform internal engine (e.g. Frostbite).
• Experience driving the design and execution of organization-sized efforts involving multiple teams, including requirements gathering, planning, testing, and release or deployment.
• Experience working with creative disciplines to improve content workflows or pipelines.
• You have a strong history of mentoring others in both soft and hard skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years professional experience with C#.
• 2+ years experience in one or more of the following areas: game engine development, game client features, game content pipelines, game editor workflows.
• Experience with Unreal Engine.
• Experience developing games for Xbox and PlayStation console platforms.
• Experience in Agile processes and continuous delivery.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

Riot leverages Technical Product Managers (TPMs) in situations where deep technical expertise will meaningfully improve product outcomes. As a Principal TPM focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications, you will not be bound to a single feature team. Instead, you will act as a strategic force multiplier, assessing Valorant’s entire product landscape to identify where Machine Learning and Generative AI can fundamentally transform how we make games and how players experience them.

As a Principal Technical Product Manager on Valorant Studio Data, you will serve as a key lieutenant to leadership across the game, identifying product opportunities that will empower fellow Ritoters or surprise and delight players.  You will move fluidly between high-level strategy and deep tactical execution, ensuring that when we commit to an initiative, we deliver tangible value to our players and Rioters.

Responsibilities:

• Assess Valorant’s product landscape to identify high-impact opportunities where AI can enhance development or player experience
• Develop and align generative strategy for critical product areas, prioritizing outcomes that create measurable value
• Bring strategic structure and clarity to our core AI Initiatives to ensure they are set up for long-term success
• Partner with engineering and research teams to ensure AI solutions are robust, scalable, and seamlessly integrated into workflows
• Lead cross-functional teams through influence, bridging the gap between abstract AI concepts and concrete product requirements
• Serve as a strategic proxy for leadership, stepping in to manage high-stakes opportunities with autonomy
• Translate empathy for internal developers and players into AI product experiences that solve genuine pain points

Required Qualifications: 

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Technical Product Management or a related engineering/research field
• Demonstrated experience managing products powered by Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), or Generative AI
• Proven ability to operate at a Principal level, navigating organizational complexity to drive outcomes without direct authority
• Strong technical background (CS degree or equivalent experience) allowing for credible debate on tradeoffs with Engineering Leads
• Experience translating open-ended research or ambiguous technical capabilities into concrete product roadmaps with defined milestones and success metrics

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the game development lifecycle, including art toolchains, game engines, and live ops workflows
• Experience taking a nebulous technology concept and turning it into a shipped product with clear KPIs and metrics
• Passion for games and a deep understanding of the player experience

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

As a Senior Game Designer, you will design, tweak, and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and creativity aid in crafting in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and work with every tool at hand to innovate and iterate player-focused designs that'll delight millions around the world.

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!). As a Game Designer III on the Competitive Systems team, you’ll design and deliver world-class competitive and ranked systems that celebrate mastery, fairness, and player growth. You’ll develop a deep understanding of what drives competitive players and design systems that are both strategically sound and deeply satisfying. You’ll also craft solutions that address diverse player experiences across platforms, ensuring competitive integrity and engagement for all. This role reports to the Lead Metasystems Designer.

Responsibilities:

• Design and evolve competitive and ranked systems that reward player skill, growth, and long-term investment in VALORANT.
• Develop and support matchmaking systems that ensure fair and balanced competition.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring new features from concept to live deployment.
• Identify and explore new design opportunities in partnership with Product Managers and Design Leadership.
• Create multiple design solutions with clear articulation of trade-offs, risks, and alignment with product and player goals.
• Playtest VALORANT regularly, providing feedback to improve existing systems and prototype new ideas.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional Game Design experience.
• Experience developing matchmaking, ranked, or progression systems.
• Shipped or contributed to at least one AAA+ online competitive title.
• Demonstrated ability to design and iterate on complex systems with a clear understanding of player impact and downstream effects.
• Strong communication skills with proven ability to articulate design rationale and decision frameworks to team members.

Desired Qualifications:

• Deep passion and understanding of competitive online games and their player communities.
• Familiarity with online shooters, especially VALORANT or tactical shooters.
• Ability to interpret and learn from charged or emotional player feedback to improve the product experience.
• Experience balancing competitive integrity with engaging and rewarding gameplay systems.
• Experience developing across multiple platforms (PC, Mobile, Console).

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

At Riot, Data Engineers play a critical role in transforming data into actionable insights that drive decisions across the company. Our engineers are deeply player-focused and collaborate across diverse teams to enhance the experiences of millions of players worldwide.

As a Senior Data Engineering Manager within VALORANT, you will be shaping the direction of the game by working with designers, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and engineers using data to better serve and understand our game and our players. This role is designed for an engineering leader who thrives in ambiguous environments, takes initiative to solve real problems quickly, and enjoys wearing multiple hats. As one of the senior-most data leaders on the game team, you will influence how data is managed and used across the studio.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 5 data engineers, provide them career coaching and growth opportunities, and ensure all work is aligned with business needs.
• Partner with leaders in analytics, data science, and product disciplines to align on the most important data engineering projects and collaborate with them through all phases of the development and operational lifecycle.
• Set the technical direction of the team, including processes and tooling.
• Be accountable for the technical health of products owned by the team.
• Working with other engineers, standardize best practices for instrumentation, telemetry, and metrics collection
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Support cost optimization by ensuring scalable and efficient data solutions.
• Build healthy relationships with data engineering teams across Riot, and lead by shaping infrastructure, craft standards, tooling, and organizational best practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years experience in data engineering or a related field.  5+ years managing a team.
• Hands-on expertise in big-data technologies, particularly the Apache stack (Airflow, Spark, etc).
• Proficiency in cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) and Databricks.
• Expertise in designing efficient and scalable data models with large data sets across multiple teams and in collaboration with insights or data stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, analytics, and product teams.
• Experience mentoring and guiding other engineers.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in data engineering for major video game titles.
• 1+ years experience working with DBT in a production environment
• Experience using analytics to drive gameplay and feature changes (ideally from game dev through launch)
• Experience working in close partnership with data analysts or product managers.
• Close personal relationship with games - enjoys gaming as a hobby, plays a variety of genres, and goes deep in several

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

As Technical Producers at Riot, we lead passionate technical teams to create products and experiences that want to achieve maximum developer and player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and push projects across the finish line while making sure that our teams are sustainable and have a great collaborative environment.

As a Technical Producer II on the VALORANT AI team, you will drive the delivery of the systems, tools, and workflows that power the machine learning workflows. You will partner closely with engineers and cross-disciplinary collaborators to ensure the team delivers high-quality AI systems that meet the needs of players and developers. You will help the team operate effectively and sustainably, facilitating planning, prioritization, and execution across a wide range of AI initiatives, from bot behavior development to emerging ML-based features. You have a strong understanding of technical development workflows and a proactive mindset for identifying opportunities to improve team efficiency, clarity, and delivery. You will support the ongoing needs of a globally distributed development organization, helping ensure our AI systems are reliable, scalable, and aligned with VALORANT’s gameplay goals. You will report to the Senior Manager, Technical Production for the Cross VALORANT Experience Area.

Responsibilities:

• Run day to day team production operations and development processes
• Partner and collaborate with stakeholders across VALORANT to align on project goals and technical plans for your team to execute against and share completed work with stakeholders
• Partner with Product and Engineering Leadership to manage the team’s backlog, roadmap, and development processes, ensuring the scope of work is aligned with VALORANT Leadership’s goals
• Align commitments and deliveries across organizations to ensure that features are delivered on time and with appropriate levels of quality. 
• Collaborate across VALORANT and Riot stakeholders to ensure we’re delivering AI in the best way possible

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge and problem-solving skills
• 4+ years of experience as a Producer, Product Manager, or Development Manager on medium to large teams
• 4+ years of experience managing complicated project deliveries across multiple business unites
• Experience managing and operating games in a live service environment, spanning multiple platforms, and publishing partners
• Experience working in technical environments delivering features through ambiguous and iterative development
• Hands-on experience applying Agile and Lean development processes such as Scrum, Kanban, or similar
• Excellent team leadership skills and experience working with engineering leadership to institute best practices and principles that continue to mature a high functioning team
• Experience driving stakeholder management, gathering and aligning on requirements across service development teams, and funneling work back to the team
• Experience juggling multiple projects in-flight, understanding high level scope while navigating around constraints and appropriately prioritizing team’s efforts
• Understand operational and development challenges and conflict resolution techniques
• Experience in working in an AI or other machine learning environment

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.