Tech Lead

Established in 2020, the Singapore Studio is Riot's second international game development studio. Working together with our Hong Kong Studio, Riot has been expanding our footprint in Asia and accelerating our talent growth to develop games that deliver great experiences to our players. Our mission is to "scale Riot's games to hyper-serve players."

We partner with our LA headquarters on game development for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra. We're also building teams for VALORANT and Project L, our take on a fighting game. The Singapore Studio is seeking talented, passionate Rioters with backgrounds in all areas of game development to build games that make it better to be a player.

We're focused on working together to promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and inclusivity, so every Rioter can be their best while we boldly pursue games.

**That's where you come in**

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a staff software engineer, you'll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You'll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

**VALORANT is Riot's take on a character-based tactical shooter **(for more info on VALORANT click here). As **Tech Lead / Engineering Manager** you will be leading the VALORANT Gameplay Systems Engineering Team, being responsible for building and improving the full stack of Game Modes in VALORANT: from scalable backend services to the performant game client and server tech. You'll own the technical direction for how the core VALORANT gameplay is built, that it scales, and operates in production. You will collaborate heavily with Design and Product Management to build in and out of game systems that create new and exciting ways to engage with VALORANT.

**Responsibilities**:

- Create, review, and reframe an engineering vision with the team and key stakeholders including the Technology, Product, and Process Leads.
- Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle including design, implementation, test, and release of player-facing features while continuously improving the software engineering quality and efficiency.
- Be excited to span the entire VALORANT tech stack - from our **Golang **services and infrastructure internals to our client/server game systems in **C++** and **UE4 **blueprints. We're not looking for someone who's an expert across the board, but you'll need to get comfortable leading across a broad technology stack.
- Collaborate effectively with art, design, and other disciplines within game development.
- Identify, recruit, interview, and hire software engineers to help teams scale effectively.
- Build and manage strong relationships between disciplines
- Lead, grow, and coach team members to build talent over the long term
- Manage the health and performance of the engineering team with empathy and authenticity, building trust, and inspiring them to overcome challenges.
- Demonstrate a high bar of craft excellence for your team
- Cultivate your team's culture of collaboration, creativity, and passion for game making

**Required Qualifications**:

- 8+ years experience as a software engineer, having shipped code in** C++** (or similar low-level code experience) & **Golang**:

- 2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team either as an **Engineering Manager** or **Technical Lead** & mentor
- Experience building reliable, scalable, and maintainable software systems.
- Experience with software development, including shipping one or more products on large code bases that span a range of platforms and tools.
- Experience collaborating across departments to create solutions.

**Desired Qualifications**:

- Experience with distributed systems
- Experience with Unreal Engine
- Experience shipping games
- Engagement with the Shooter Genre

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 the experience of players, this could be the role for you

**Our Perks**:

- Full relocation support
- Full health insurance for you, your spouse and children
- Open paid time off
- Retirement benefits with company matching
- Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability
- Play Fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community through games
- We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits