Senior Software Engineer, Riot Client - Publishing Platform

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas, but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As Software Engineers, we work with both established and emerging technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver value to our players.

Riot Client is the gateway for millions of players to play, discover, and install Riot games. Your work on the Client will be every single desktop players' first touchpoint with the wide range of experiences that Riot has to offer, including Riot’s culture & community, or getting into any of our games as fast as possible, like League of Legends, Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, VALORANT, Legends of Runeterra, 2XKO, and beyond. It is also an essential tool for internal game developers including live games and R&D games. Introduced in 2021, the multi-game Riot Client is becoming a destination for players to engage with Riot games, events and communities, and is a fast-evolving desktop software that provides capabilities in game distribution, content publishing, social and internal development efficiency.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you will deliver high-quality technical solutions that improve the player experience across Riot’s out-of-game ecosystem. You’ll contribute hands-on across the software development lifecycle, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other cross-functional teammates to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable Client capabilities. You will help shape technical direction within your area of ownership, make sound implementation and design decisions, and collaborate with peers across Riot to support game distribution, content, social features, and developer productivity. Through strong engineering practices, thoughtful code reviews, and mentorship of other engineers, your work will help advance the next generation of Riot Client experiences for players and developers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain desktop application features focusing on C++, with the ability to integrate with and contribute to web-based technologies

• Deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable engineering solutions within your area of ownership, through hands-on contribution and technical design

• Contribute to technical planning and design discussions, helping evaluate tradeoffs between long-term sustainability and near-term delivery needs