Manager, Software Engineering - Game Tech Group, Unreal Ecosystem

Riot engineers combine deep expertise in specific technical areas with a passion for exploring broader domains. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead by example—driving software excellence, advocating for best practices, and ensuring the best outcomes for both developers and players. Beyond technical leadership, you’ll mentor and support your team, fostering growth, accountability, and high performance.

As a Manager, Software Engineering on the Unreal Ecosystem (UnEco) team, you will lead a team building developer tooling and agentic AI that power how Riot ships Unreal games. You’ll combine people leadership, strong engineering judgment, and hands-on familiarity with tooling and AI to improve how developers work every day. You’ll navigate diverse technical challenges, ramping up quickly on new topics and solving complex problems in ways that empower both developers and, ultimately, our players.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a group of 4-7 software engineers, coaching them, holding them accountable to best practices and their growth plan

• Own the roadmap and delivery of developer tooling and AI-assisted workflows (for example, build and release, CI/CD, editor/engine tools, diagnostics) used by multiple teams

• Define and ship agentic AI experiences that orchestrate tools and services to automate common Unreal workflows for developers (for example, triaging issues, proposing fixes, generating scaffolding, or keeping projects in a healthy state)

• Partner with discipline and product leadership to develop strategies for improving team health and effectiveness

• Define and track metrics for developer experience and productivity, and use them - along with user feedback - to iterate on tools and agents.

• Build healthy relationships with other engineering teams at Riot to foster cross-team collaboration

• Mentor engineers in best practices for the current product phase

• Champion your sourcing and hiring processes to identify and hire engineers

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years professional experience as a software engineer working in a game development team

• 3+ years as an Engineering Manager leading engineers

• Experience serving as a technical lead for a significant tooling, platform, or AI-backed product area

• Experience recruiting candidates and growing an engineering team

• Experience participating in technical discussions such as technical design reviews and code reviews

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with game engines (ex. Unity, Unreal Engine)

• Experience shipping software to customers

• Experience with automation

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!

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 benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. 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:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data

• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors

• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks

• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

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.