TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, UI & Services (Gamedev): Designing, building, and delivering UI and backend service integrations for an unreleased game with an accent on backend service integration and UI experience. Focus on collaborating with UX designers and UI artists to create satisfying user experiences and build tools to administer or diagnose issues in a live service environment.

Location: Los Angeles, USA

Salary: $161,500.00 - $227,000.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

Company

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code.

What you will do

  • Design, build, and deliver the integration to many backend services for a genre-defining game
  • Own building features linking the backend service integration all the way to the UI experience in-game
  • Collaborate with leadership on planning and long term vision for gameplay related services to identify focus areas and handoff points
  • Build tools to administer or diagnose issues in a live service environment
  • Implement, debug, and refine FrontEnd UI for a brand new Riot title
  • Partner with UX designers and UI artists to create satisfying user experiences

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional programming experience
  • Experience working on a shipped box product or live service game
  • Thorough understanding of common UI software design patterns (MVC, MVVM)
  • Strong knowledge of data driven design principles
  • BS in Computer Science, or proven understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
  • Strong OO C/C++/C# programming experience

Nice to have

  • Online SaaS (software as a service) game development experience
  • Experience with C++, Java, Golang, or any other modern language
  • Experience with languages like Javascript or Typescript and some web frameworks
  • Experience using Unreal Engine, especially UMG and Slate
  • Experience using scene rendering analysis tools such as RenderDoc

Culture & Benefits

  • Focuses on work/life balance, shown by an open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
  • 401k with company match