Staff Software Engineer, Console - Unpublished R&D Product
Riot Games19 days ago
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with QA, engineers, designers, and artists to address the technical, creative, and artistic requirements of the game on console.
- Investigate and solve complex console-specific technical problems.
- Profile and optimize console performance and memory usage.
- Integrate first-party features for each console platform.
- Implement technical certification requirements for console platforms.
- Plan and execute console engineering work, including requirements gathering, technical discovery, work breakdown, and estimation.
- Maintain and improve engineering practices involving code quality, monitoring, reviews, and documentation.
- Mentor new engineers and provide feedback supporting their technical growth.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including delivering live or shipped products at scale.
- 3+ years of console-specific game development experience.
- Experience shipping one or more console platform titles.
- Experience with console performance profiling and optimization.
- Experience implementing TCRs/TRCs for one or more console platforms.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and solve complex problems with minimal support.
- Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines and communicating with technical and non-technical audiences.
- B.S. in computer science or equivalent experience.
- Desired qualifications include multiplayer game development, console UI implementation or porting, gamepad experience, input handling with Common UI or Enhanced Input, and graphics/rendering experience.
Benefits
- Open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules.
- Medical, dental, and life insurance.
- Parental leave for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and children.
- 401(k) with company match.
Categories
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About Riot Games
Riot Games develops and publishes online multiplayer games for PC and mobile, including League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Wild Rift. The company operates free-to-play titles monetized via in-game purchases and runs global esports leagues and events around its franchises. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Riot is a subsidiary of Tencent with offices worldwide.