Principal Software Engineer (Gameplay, Teamfight Tactics)

Join Riot Games as a Principal Software Engineer for Teamfight Tactics. In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create new game features, systems, and experiences. You will build technology for various game systems, improve developer efficiency, and provide mentorship to engineers. The position offers a range of benefits, including healthcare, open paid time off, retirement matching, and a play fund.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enable the creation of new game features, systems, and experiences for players.
• Build gameplay features and systems for Teamfight Tactics game modes and cosmetics, and improve tools and workflows for developers.
• Provide mentorship to engineers, tech artists, and tech designers, and participate in improving the team's support rotation.
• Expertise with C++ and Gameplay Engineering (Character, Camera, Controls)
• Experience mentoring others in both soft and hard skills
• 4+ years Unreal Engine experience, with familiarity in game engine tools, workflows, & content pipelines
• Experience leveraging strong communication skills to collaborate across disciplines (e.g. Design, Art, QA, Production) to create solutions
• Product sense, pragmatism, and player empathy in making tech decisions
• 10+ years of software development, including shipping one or more products on large code bases that span a range of platforms and tools
• BS in Computer Science, or proven understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiarity with Teamfight Tactics
• Mobile and/or multi-platform experience
• 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!