Staff Software Engineer - Central Technology, Data Foundations

As a Staff Software Engineer in Riot Data Foundations, you will have the chance to affect how Riot collects and uses data to improve the experience for players and Rioters. You'll work closely with our product partner and technical lead to expand data consumption and reporting capabilities and build solutions to improve the development lifecycle for data engineers and insight analysts throughout the organization. You'll be helping as Riot enables advancements and fast iteration in machine learning and other technical pipelines. You will bring your experience working with globally distributed systems and work with our team of software engineers to help build efficient solutions. You will report into the Engineering Manager of the team.
Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance systems that allow team members to more effectively engage with the tools in our data ecosystem.
• Attend stand-ups and team rituals, and work with other software engineers to deliver on team goals
• Participate in code reviews with other members of the team
• Be part of an on-call rotation to support our live products
• Provide meaningful code reviews for other members of the team
• Work collaboratively with non technical customers to accomplish deliverables

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or comparable field
• Understanding of core data engineering concepts and data pipelines
• 7+ years experience in Python, and SQL
• 5+ years experience working with data warehousing
• Experience in working in Agile and DevOps environment

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with ML operations, pipelines, and infrastructure
• Experience with open source ETL frameworks such as Airflow, Luigi, or similar

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.