About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer on an unpublished R&D product, you will be responsible for designing and implementing AI/ML driven tools for one of Riot’s most exciting new games. You will work closely with designers, producers, and other engineers to understand their needs, and will be hands-on in conceptualizing, planning, implementing, and maintaining AI-powered solutions to increase developer efficiency. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about empowering their team to deliver great player experiences, works well in cross-disciplinary teams, is aware of the latest trends, and finds practical applications of AI/ML technologies.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with developers to discover and conceptualize opportunities for AI-powered workflow enhancements
- Partner with engineering leaders to help define the team’s future vision for AI-based developer tooling and workflows
- Lead the application of AI/ML systems to solve developer and player facing problems
- Keep up with technical developments in the industry relating to AI/ML and find practical applications that help solve the team challenges
- Partner with central teams to share AI-based solutions across Riot’s portfolio
- Model the team’s best practices for tools architecture and implementation
- Support and advance the team’s adoption of AI/ML tools through mentorship, documentation, and advocacy
- Provide documentation and trainings on new tools and workflows to internal customers
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years (or equivalent depth) of professional experience in software engineering, including experience delivering innovative workflow solutions
- Experience working with AI/ML systems in a production-ready environment
- Applied knowledge in one or more of the following: reinforcement learning, imitation learning, decision-making under uncertainty, LLM, AI planning, or multi-agent systems
- 2+ years experience working in a AAA game engine (i.e. Unity, Unreal, etc.)
- Proven ability to navigate ambiguous problems with cross-disciplinary stakeholders
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- B.S. in computer science or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in C++
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working with modern ML/data science libraries and frameworks such as PyTorch/TensorFlow, pandas, etc.
- Experience developing tools that integrate with art pipelines (e.g. Maya, Blender, etc.)
- Working knowledge of tooling solutions utilized in AAA games around the industry
- Experience developing tools that integrate with both client and backend systems
- History of contributing to engineering culture and best practices
- Experience working on distributed teams