Staff Software Engineer - Teamfight Tactics, Mobile

Company

Riot Games develops games and player-focused interactive experiences, including Teamfight Tactics.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain C++ systems and features for Teamfight Tactics on iOS and Android.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across game code, Unreal Engine, native mobile platforms, and platform integrations.
• Partner with engineering, art, design, QA, production, and other disciplines to deliver mobile game features.
• Provide technical leadership, guide architectural decisions, and improve engineering practices, tooling, testing, and deployment processes.
• Improve mobile performance, memory usage, stability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and participate in the on-call and support rotation.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience in mobile, game development, or a related field.
• Significant experience developing and debugging native iOS and/or Android applications or systems.
• Strong C++ proficiency in a mobile, game, or performance-sensitive environment.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or Unity, including debugging, profiling, and optimization of mobile applications or games.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives, make architectural decisions, and solve complex problems with broad or ambiguous requirements.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines and with teams distributed across multiple time zones; a BS in Computer Science or equivalent fundamentals knowledge is required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Teamfight Tactics.
• Deep expertise in native iOS and/or Android platform APIs, lifecycles, build systems, debugging tools, and performance considerations.
• Experience debugging or extending Unreal Engine C++ systems and resolving issues between Unreal Engine and native mobile platforms.
• Experience with mobile build, packaging, deployment, and release pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules.
• Medical, dental, and life insurance.
• Parental leave for employees, spouses or domestic partners, and children.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Collaborative environment focused on player empathy, technical craft, and putting players first.