Staff Software Engineer, Engine Performance - Central Technology, Unreal Ecosystem

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. We work with both new and current technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver player value. As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll drive important features and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

The UnEco (or Unreal Ecosystem) team has an impact on a wide array of topics, including audio, test automation, runtime performance, tooling, and CI/CD. As a Staff Software Engineer on the UnEco team, you’ll gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to technical problems. You will also serve as a mentor for your fellow engineers, helping guide their performance and finding growth opportunities delivering compelling player experiences. As a specialist in Performance, you will be leveraging your deep experience and expertise in profiling, benchmarking, optimization, and performance analysis to help game teams solve complex challenges hands-on and deliver central solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Be hands-on in development, writing excellent code that sets a high standard for other engineers.

• Work with leadership on prioritization of work efforts and identifying opportunities for impact.

• Partner with game teams to diagnose issues and improve player-facing performance.

• Partner with infrastructure teams to analyze and drive recommendations around bandwidth optimization, server density, resource utilization, etc.

• Improve and optimize the developer experience, including improving cook and build times, editor load times, and understanding and fixing developer pain points.

• Lead the technical execution of multi-month to year-plus work efforts across the business unit, holding teams to established standards.

• Help teams navigate ambiguity and complexity by breaking down problems, identifying risks, and clearly communicating trade-offs.

• Work on a range of tech stacks including underlying infrastructure, build and test automation, release pipelines, and developer tooling for internal teams leveraging the Riot Unreal Ecosystem.

• Work with stakeholders across the organization to address their pain points and exceed their expectations for how optimization and performance improvements can be realized without sacrificing quality.

• Be a standard-bearer and role model of Riot values for your team and others.

• Be a force multiplier for your team

• Mentor senior engineers on your team and enable them to deliver complex projects.