Senior Software Engineer, VALORANT - Release Engineering (Unreal Engine)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Company

Riot Games develops and operates player-focused video games including VALORANT, League of Legends, and Teamfight Tactics.

What you will do

• Maintain, upgrade, and strengthen the release pipeline used to deliver VALORANT content to players worldwide.
• Improve automation, orchestration, and long-term maintainability across release engineering workflows.
• Design, implement, test, and release robust engineering solutions for complex build and delivery problems.
• Break down and execute multi-month development efforts while collaborating across technical disciplines.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in support rotations.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience developing and maintaining live-service products with a focus on developer experience.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and communicate technical concepts across disciplines.
• Expertise maintaining and improving orchestration pipelines such as Jenkins, Horde, or similar systems.
• Professional or hobby experience with Unreal Engine.

Nice to have

• 3+ years of professional experience with C# and/or Groovy.
• Expert Jenkins knowledge and experience orchestrating and optimizing global release flows.
• Experience with Lean or Agile processes such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience building automated build, test, and release pipelines and scalable workflow automation.
• Proficiency with C++, software engineering fundamentals, and GitHub Actions for service delivery and automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with Riot teams across global development initiatives.
• Player experience is prioritized in engineering and product decisions.
• Emphasis on teamwork, diversity, inclusion, and respectful collaboration.
• Opportunity to contribute to VALORANT, League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and research and technology projects.