Manager, Software Engineering - League of Legends, Hextech Engine

Riot Sydney is looking for an experienced Manager, Software Engineering to join the Sydney-based Hextech Gameplay team.

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work across multiple domains.  As an Engineering Manager, you’ll offer creative solutions to organizational design. You’ll also serve as mentor for engineers, guiding their performance and finding growth opportunities delivering compelling gameplay experiences.

The Hextech Engine empowers game capabilities for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. As an Engineering Manager on the Hextech Gameplay Team, you’ll help drive and innovate on the core technology behind the developer tools and runtime components of the Hextech Engine. Your team will also support developers and designers with targeted discipline and workflow updates so they can focus more on the creative process.

Responsibilities:

• Work with team leaders to create a organization and staffing plan that supports product goals
• Support engineers' careers through mentorship and identifying growth opportunities
• Manage the team's health and performance from a place of empathy
• Support your team by working collaboratively with product, delivery, technical, and quality leads
• Interview and recruit new engineers to meet the changing needs of the team
• Support the engineers with your own deep engineering expertise
• Stay hands-on with your team's tech, overseeing the technical design and deliverables of the team
• Participate in team's on-call rotation where you may be required to be on-call during certain periods outside of your normal working hours

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or comparable field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer programming in an object oriented language
• 1-2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team as an Engineering Manager
• Experience in Agile processes and continuous delivery
• Experience working with complex code bases

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional experience with C++ 
• Professional experience in the games industry
• Experience with various game engines and developer tools
• Experience working on a live-service product

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!

Working closely with Riot teams globally, Riot Sydney is a powerhouse of talent, and experts in global development. Our team works on VALORANT, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, alongside exciting R&D and Tech projects.

If you believe that the Player Experience comes first, we want to hear from you. Our players are a diverse group from different backgrounds, and we want to see that reflected in the people who make our games, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment

Our Perks:

At Riot we strongly believe in work/life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle.

We also believe that work should be fun, we have a LAN gaming room, the latest consoles, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of our players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!).

And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Stipend
• Wellbeing Reimbursement
• We will double down on your donations of time and money to non-profits
• Employee Assistance Program
• 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