Riot Client is the gateway for millions of players to play, discover, and install Riot games. Your work on the Client will be every single desktop players' first touchpoint with the wide range of experiences that Riot has to offer, including Riot's culture & community, or getting into any of our games as fast as possible, like League of Legends, Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, VALORANT, Legends of Runeterra, 2XKO, and beyond. It is also an essential tool for internal game developers including live games and R&D games. Introduced in 2021, the multi-game Riot Client is becoming a destination for players to engage with Riot games, events and communities, and is a fast-evolving desktop software that provides capabilities in game distribution, content publishing, social and internal development efficiency. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Riot Client team, you will deliver high-quality technical solutions that improve the player experience across Riot's out-of-game ecosystem. You'll contribute hands-on across the software development lifecycle, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other cross-functional teammates to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable Client capabilities. You will help shape technical direction within your area of ownership, make sound implementation and design decisions, and collaborate with peers across Riot to support game distribution, content, social features, and developer productivity. Through strong engineering practices, thoughtful code reviews, and mentorship of other engineers, your work will help advance the next generation of Riot Client experiences for players and developers.
Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain desktop application features focusing on C++, with the ability to integrate with and contribute to web-based technologies
• Deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable engineering solutions within your area of ownership, through hands-on contribution and technical design
• Contribute to technical planning and design discussions, helping evaluate tradeoffs between long-term sustainability and near-term delivery needs
• Build and apply a strong understanding of the Riot Client's dependency landscape, partnering with teams to align on technical solutions
• Work closely with cross-functional partners, including product, production, QA, design, and data insight
• Level up other engineers through mentorship and technical guidance

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of related industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or comparable experience in software development
• Expertise with C++ in application development
• Experience in web development
• Experience working with complex code bases
• Experience of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and QA

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience of working with desktop applications
• Experience of working with Electron
• Experience with build pipelines

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.