Senior Software Engineer, Core Game Features

2 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Riot Games Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Riot Games Sydney is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Sydney-based VALORANT, Core Game Features Team. Internal Job Title: Software Engineer II.

As Software Engineers at Riot, we bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas and also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. We have a deep passion for helping to bring joy to players via technical solutions.

In Core Game on VALORANT, we focus on the fundamental gameplay experiences of our players. We keep VALORANT timeless with evergreen features, and we grow and evolve with the times by delighting players with new content.  As a Senior Software Engineer on the VALORANT Core Game Features team, you will work on a wealth of existing and upcoming features for the game.  This role will report to the Engineering Manager on VALORANT Core Game Features in Sydney.

Responsibilities:
  • Help maintain, support and update gameplay features for our players
  • Lead projects with your teammates and in collaboration with other teams and disciplines
  • Seek out and champion development process improvements
  • Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence
  • Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team
  • Troubleshoot live service issues as part of an on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications: 
  • 4+ years experience in professional software development
  • 3+ years professional experience with C++
  • Have collaborated on cross-team development efforts on software projects, including requirements gathering, planning and release - coordinating with relevant stakeholders across different disciplines.
Desired Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience
  • Experience developing and shipping code in a real-time 3D environments (e.g. Unity, Unreal, Godot)
  • Experience developing within gameplay systems for Unreal Engine games
  • Experience with perforce and/or github version control systems

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role

Our Perks:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks). And that's not all we offer, there's also:

  • Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellness fund
  • Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
  • Learning and Development opportunities

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.

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