Hiring: Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering - VALORANT Company: Riot Games Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 14:18:38 Target Skills & Keywords : C#, CI/CD, Java, Load Testing, Microservices About the job Experience: •8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience building or operating large-scale external customer-facing backend systems, game services, or cloud platforms •4+ years of engineering management experience leading engineers and engineering managers Required Skills: •Lead and grow a distributed organization of engineers and engineering managers across Los Angeles, Seattle, and Sydney •Define the technical and organizational strategy for VALORANT’s core services, build, release, live operations, and developer infrastructure ecosystem •Drive improvements to how VALORANT builds, validates, deploys, and operates Unreal game clients, dedicated servers, and backend services globally •Partner with Riot and Tencent engineering teams to improve reliability, release velocity, operational visibility, and developer workflows across regions •Establish technical direction across build infrastructure, release engineering, service orchestration, observability, and operational excellence practices •Influence cross-team architecture, engineering standards, and organizational decisions affecting VALORANT’s long-term scalability and live service reliability •Mentor engineering leaders and senior engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement •Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data Qualifications: •In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, service reliability, deployment workflows, and operational excellence practices •Professional experience with cloud infrastructure and modern backend technologies such as Go, Java, C#, or similar •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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you! Compensation: •Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!