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Riot Games

Staff Software Engineer, Platform Services (Anti-Cheat) - Game Tech Group

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2 days ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Staff+
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Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and evolve shared backend platform services for Vanguard systems.
  • Own APIs and service contracts, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
  • Lead development of internal tools and web applications for operations and investigations.
  • Identify and mitigate systemic risks across the platform.
  • Design and operate distributed backend systems with high availability.
  • Participate in incident response and root cause analysis.
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines and operational workflows.
  • Collaborate with Anti-Cheat, Security, and Game teams.

Requirements

  • Staff-level experience in building and owning backend platforms or internal tools.
  • Strong experience with backend service development and distributed systems.
  • Significant experience with modern web stacks for internal tools or web applications.
  • Experience designing and maintaining APIs in a large ecosystem.
  • Comfort operating and debugging live production systems.
  • Strong architectural judgment and experience influencing technical decisions.
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Benefits

  • 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.

Tech Stack

AWSDockerElixirGoKubernetesNode.jsReactTypeScript

Categories

BackendGamingSecurity