Staff Software Engineer, Core Tech - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot China (Shanghai) Co., Ltd(4 months ago)

HybridFull TimeSenior$182,053 - $239,352 (estimated)Engineering (Core Tech)

About this role

A Staff Software Engineer at Riot will join the Core Tech engineering team to help build foundational technology for an unpublished MMORPG. The role focuses on modern game development workflows, pipelines, and AI while collaborating closely with cross-disciplinary teammates. This position reports to the Engineering Manager of Core Tech and contributes to long-lived, distributed server and services work supporting the MMO.

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Required Skills

C
C++
Debugging
Game Networking
Server Architecture
Distributed Systems
Unreal Engine
Replication
RPCs
Latency Mitigation

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About Riot China (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

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Riot Games is a global entertainment company that develops and publishes popular competitive games, including League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Wild Rift. They also create transmedia content (creators of the animated series Arcane) and run major esports ecosystems for League of Legends and VALORANT. Riot focuses on building player-first, live-service experiences across platforms that support competitive play, community engagement, and ongoing content updates.