Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering - VALORANT

What this role involves

This role leads the engineering organization for VALORANT's platform engineering, including build, release, deployment, and live operations. The manager will define technical strategy and mentor distributed teams across multiple locations. Required experience includes 8+ years in software engineering and 4+ years in management.

Skills this posting asks for

• software engineering
• backend systems
• game services
• cloud platforms
• engineering management
• live service infrastructure
• release engineering
• developer platforms
• distributed systems
• service reliability
• deployment workflows
• operational excellence
• technical strategy
• cloud infrastructure
• go
• java
• c#
• unreal engine
• live games

Requirements

• 8 years of experience
• Level: manager

From the employer’s posting

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will gain organizational alignment by building a strong engineering vision and offering creative solutions to organizational design…