Riot Games
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StaffSoftwareEngineer,GameplayUnpublishedR&DProduct
“Staff Software Engineer, Gameplay - Unpublished R&D Product at Riot Games. Skills: C++, Unreal Engine, Gameplay Framework, AI Agent, System design, Technical leadership. Lead the design and implementation of core gameplay systems, responsible for key module outcomes. Collaborate with design, art, and product teams to translate requirements into implementable engineering solutions”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver player-facing, long-term evolving game experiences; Improve team efficiency and capability boundaries; Improve overall engineering quality and practices; Promote key goal alignment and implementation; Improve R&D efficiency
Industry & Context.
Making pragmatic and high-quality technical decisions in uncertainty; Independently lead system design and implementation; Make key technical decisions in complex projects; Good debugging and performance optimization experience; Identify development bottlenecks; Ability to make engineering trade-offs between C++ and Blueprint/Script; Practical performance optimization or issue localization experience; Ability to build practical tools or processes; Evaluate effectiveness, cost, and boundaries of AI; Reasonable use of AI in engineering
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree or higher in a computer-related field preferred, 6-8 years of game development experience, having participated in a full project cycle (prototype to launch) as a core engineer or lead engineer, Proficient in C++, with solid engineering capabilities and good coding habits, Ability to independently lead system design and implementation, and make key technical decisions in complex projects, Good debugging and performance optimization experience, Player perspective, able to understand the impact of technical decisions on player experience, Solid Unreal development experience (depth in one to two areas), Familiarity with Gameplay Framework, able to perform reasonable system design and implementation, Ability to make engineering trade-offs between C++ and Blueprint/Script, with practical performance optimization or issue localization experience, Up-to-date AI capabilities: Understand the basic working principles of AI Agents and have relevant practical experience, Ability to build practical tools or processes based on existing technologies to improve R&D efficiency, Ability to evaluate its effectiveness, cost, and boundaries, and use it reasonably in engineering
Nice to Have
Master's degree or higher in a computer-related field, Full project technical lead or lead engineer experience, Experience in medium to large team collaboration or technical leadership, Deeper understanding of Unreal Engine modules, Experience in systematically applying AI capabilities to teams or projects, Good English communication skills, able to conduct technical exchanges in cross-team/cross-regional collaboration
What You'll Do.
Lead the design and implementation of core gameplay systems
responsible for key module outcomes
Collaborate with design
and product teams to translate requirements into implementable engineering solutions
Balance development efficiency and engineering quality during iterations
continuously optimizing performance and stability
Identify development bottlenecks and drive tool and process improvements to enhance team efficiency
Provide technical guidance within the team to improve overall engineering quality and practices
Participate in cross-team collaboration to promote key goal alignment and implementation
Apply AI Agents to actual development processes to improve R&D efficiency
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with design, art, and product teams; Provide technical guidance within the team; Participate in cross-team collaboration; Promote key goal alignment and implementation across teams; Good English communication skills for cross-team/cross-regional collaboration
Communication Scope
Good English communication skills, able to conduct technical exchanges in cross-team/cross-regional collaboration
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