Manager, Software Engineering - Developer Connections, Client Build

Responsibilities :

• Own the build farms for all of Riot’s games! You will be expected to understand your customers and their specific needs, industry trends and changes, and other central efforts. You’ll influence product direction and prioritization based on all of these factors combined with our existing technical capabilities.
• Drive positive outcomes for customers! Customers see your team as vital to their success. This includes proactive communication with customers and stakeholders, prioritizing value over idealism, and fostering a culture of accountability.
• Manage the team. You own performance management, team health, and support the engineers’ careers through mentorship and identifying growth opportunities
• Operational Excellence. You’re committed to keeping systems operationally globally and own a healthy on-call rotation. Your off-hours pages are rare due to investments you make into redundancy and automated recovery. Your team is well equipped to find failures before your customers do, and mitigate quickly before they lead to significant impact.
• Ensure that your team always understands why we’re doing this. All your engineers are able to connect their work back to DevCon and Riot’s mission. DevCon often pushes into uncharted territory, you provide the clarity to help the team navigate uncertainty.

Required Qualifications :

Desired Qualifications :

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 :

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 for more information.

At Riot Games, we . That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories :

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.