The Role
As a part of the Riot Developer Experience (RDX) team, you'll build the distributed platform that enables our games to operate globally. You will work with all game teams, including R&D, to engineer the microservice foundation that enables us to bring projects from creation to production. If you are looking to have an impact across all of Riot, join us and pioneer solutions to new challenges at an incredible scale.
As a Senior Systems Engineer on the RDX Continuous Service Delivery (CSD) team, you will focus on building software tools and automating infrastructure that supports Riot's central build pipelines, facilitating how all microservices are built at Riot and helping teams ship on standardized build infrastructure. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the RDX CSD team.
Responsibilities:
- Create and operate tools and services that help accelerate all of Riot
- Create tools to optimize and automate operational tasks
- Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing platforms
- Participate in interviewing and help with mentoring and career development of more junior engineers
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or relevant professional experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience
- Experience developing using cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP) using containers and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), managed using infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience coding or scripting in a professional setting using languages such as Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible
- Familiarity with Jenkins or other offerings in the CI problem space
- Experience operating & maintaining live services, including handling emergent issues and on-call troubleshooting
Desired Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Artifact management solutions such as Artifactory and Nexus
- Familiarity with Git, Perforce, or other source control systems
- Experience building high-quality software in languages like Go, Java, Python, or any other general-purpose language.
- Experience with owning Linux systems on bare metal and in cloud infrastructure
- Experience with troubleshooting networks
- Understand relational databases like MySQL
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
Our Perks:
Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.
Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in gaming
It's our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).
