Overview Manager, Software Engineering - VALORANT, Competitive role at Riot Games. As an Engineering Manager at Riot, you’ll gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to organizational design. You will also serve as a mentor for a team of engineers, overseeing their performance and supporting their growth. VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter. As a Manager, Software Engineering on the VALORANT team, you’ll guide engineers on the team to grow in their careers and help the overall team meet product and technical goals. You will help lead the delivery of new features and content to a live, tactical shooter on multiple platforms. As a leader on our Competitive team, you will concentrate on building and improving features for players. Besides working with and leading the engineers on our Competitive team, you will have strong collaborations with other disciplines. You will report to the Senior Manager of Engineering of the project. This is a full-time role, based in Sydney, Australia. Responsibilities Manage an engineering team developing player facing features, ensuring good practices, and collaboration across disciplines to deliver value to players. Participate in discussions about our product vision and ensure that vision is clear to your engineers and their respective teams. Guide technical design of client and backend features, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability. Break down multi-month projects into smaller projects and tasks. Implement and champion engineering standards to ensure high quality code. Coach more junior engineers through code reviews and 1-on-1 feedback. Troubleshoot live service issues as part of an on-call rotation. Mentor engineers identifying stretch opportunities for them to grow. Manage the health and performance of the engineering team with empathy and authenticity, building trust, and inspiring them to overcome challenges. Seek different perspectives to solve problems, encouraging engineers and others to contribute ideas. Base your decisions on sound analysis and avoid biases. Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle including design, implementation, and delivery of features while continuously improving the software engineering quality and efficiency. Required Qualifications 2 years of experience directly leading a software delivery team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead & mentor. 5 years of experience as a hands-on software engineer. Experience across multiple systems and languages. Experience collaborating across departments and disciplines to create solutions. Desired Qualifications The Manager in this role will lead a team working on social and competitive systems within the Unreal Engine, with a focus on building an exceptional user experience for players across multiple platforms. Ideal candidates will have broad experience which cover 1 or more of the following: Professional experience building game client features, preferably with Unreal. Experience building UI systems. Experience building high-performance backend services. Experience delivering complex features in a live game or product. Experience working in an agile environment. 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 believe in work / life balance with an open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers), and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also offer co-op gaming areas, a play fund to broaden and deepen knowledge of players and community, and snacks to power through your day. There’s more: 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. Details Seniority level: Not Applicable Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industries: Computer Games, Software Development, and Technology, Information and Internet J-18808-Ljbffr
