Manager, Software Engineering - Content Access Platform

Riot Games

Los Angeles, CA

Full Time

Senior

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager within the Content Access Platform (CAP) team at Riot, you'll guide an engineering team through all phases of the software development and operations lifecycle. The CAP team manages large-scale, globally distributed systems that power purchasing and fulfillment experiences for millions of players, including custom catalogs, gifting systems, and fulfillment pipelines. You will lead the engineering efforts to build and operate services that enable game teams to ship content successfully, collaborating with various teams across Riot and Tencent to ensure high quality, efficiency, and player value.

Key Responsibilities

Manage a team of 6-10 Software and QA Engineers; coaching them, providing performance management, identifying growth opportunities, and ensuring positive results
Partner and collaborate with Product Leads, Delivery Leads, and Technical Leads within the team and within Content Access Platform to align on the plan the team executes against
Align with service teams across Content Access Platform, and the wider Player Platform business unit, on product configuration pipelines and tooling, and best practices for using them
Support the technical vision and roadmap by allocating engineers and skill sets to meet goals and deliver results
Own the interviewing and onboarding process for new engineering team members
Be accountable for the technical health of the products owned by the team
Stay hands-on with the team's tech, overseeing the technical design and deliverables of the team and working with the team's technical leadership
Regularly engage with the codebase by participating in code reviews and non-critical tasks
Build healthy relationships with other engineering teams across Riot globally, in order to foster cross-team collaboration

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
5+ years experience as a Software Engineer, preferably on technical product teams that built tooling for services and APIs
2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead
Experience managing engineers and actively participating in their growth and development
Experience recruiting candidates and growing an engineering team
Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and software at a high scale
Experience operating and maintaining live services, including handling emergent issues and on-call troubleshooting
Ability to work non-standard hours including evening hours to overlap with Los Angeles timezone

Nice to Have

Experience building services using Java, Kotlin, or Go
Experience developing using cloud infrastructure (such as AWS, GCP), using containers and orchestration (such as Docker, Kubernetes), managed using infrastructure as code (such as Terraform, Ansible)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
Experience with relational databases (such as MySQL)
Experience with event driven architectures and technologies (such as Kafka)
Experience with web-based UIs

Qualifications

Formal educational background in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience

Benefits & Perks

Open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules
Medical, dental, and life insurance
Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
401k with company match

Working at Riot Games

At Riot Games, we put players first. We aim to create collaborative teams where everyone is empowered to bring their unique perspective every day. We value craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes player delight. Our culture emphasizes work/life balance, inclusivity, and making a positive impact on players' experiences.

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