Staff Software Engineer, Engine Performance - Central Technology, Unreal Ecosystem
Riot Games7 days ago
Responsibilities
- Write high-quality software and set a strong engineering standard for other engineers.
- Partner with leadership to prioritize work and identify opportunities for impact.
- Diagnose issues with game teams and improve player-facing performance.
- Analyze bandwidth optimization, server density, and resource utilization with infrastructure teams.
- Improve cook and build times, editor load times, and other developer experience pain points.
- Lead technical execution of multi-month to year-plus initiatives across the business unit.
- Break down complex problems, identify risks, and communicate technical trade-offs.
- Work across infrastructure, build and test automation, release pipelines, and developer tooling.
- Partner with organizational stakeholders to deliver optimization and performance improvements without sacrificing quality.
- Mentor senior engineers and help teams deliver complex projects.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience.
- Expertise with C++.
- Experience with modern video game engines, large game teams, and large codebases.
- Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing complex projects.
- Strong knowledge of common game and software design patterns.
- Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines.
- Experience shipping games across multiple platforms.
- Experience with profiling tools such as Unreal Insights or Pix.
- Preferred experience with Unreal Engine 5, online games, and rendering in Unreal Engine titles.
- A collaborative spirit, craft expertise, player empathy, and decision-making focused on player experience are valued.
Benefits
- Open paid time off policy.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Medical, dental, and life insurance.
- Parental leave for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and children.
- 401(k) with company match.
Tech Stack
C++Unreal Engine
Categories
Gaming
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.