Principal Software Engineer (Rendering, Unpublished R&D Product)

• As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll work alongside other engineers to implement technical solutions at a company-wide scale. You’ll collaborate with teams to ensure high quality and stack applicability, and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering
• As a Principal Software Engineer focused on graphics on the unpublished MMO team, you are responsible for helping Riot build and deliver a brand new game! You will keep the players’ experience in mind as you build rendering systems and engine features to support one of our new games
• You will also work collaboratively with artists, designers, and producers to deliver genre-defining visual experiences to our players. You will also report to the Engineering Manager of the project
• Be the rendering expert of the team
• Help build the engine technology that powers one of our new AAA games
• Deeply understand how rendering systems are interlinked and proactively work across departments to shepherd best practices and advise on all things rendering-related
• Work collaboratively with the art team to help realize the overall vision of the game
• Work to monitor and increase the performance of the game client
• Build, implement, and improve tools for artists across multiple platforms
• Work to resolve pipeline issues and to identify areas for improvement

Benefits

• Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you as well as your spouse/domestic partner and children.
• Family Care: Life insurance, parental leave, plus short and long-term disability.
• Open Paid Time Off: In addition to holidays, a 2-week end of year break, and a 1-week mid-year break, Rioters are trusted to take the time they need throughout the year.
• Retirement: Riot matches retirement contributions so you can continue to play games long after you retire.
• Play Fund: Riot’s annual play fund allows Rioters to broaden their knowledge of the games that matter to players and the community.
• Donation Matching: Riot matches donations of time and money to nonprofits to double down on support.- Familiarity working in an agile environment
• Experience working with various game engines (i.e. Unreal, Unity, etc.)
• 8+ years of professional programming experience as a rendering engineer
• BS or equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience as a technical lead
• Experience working on an MMO
• Experience with multithreaded programming
• Expert in low-level optimization of C++
• Experience with asset pipelines, version control, and data-driven rendering architectures
• Familiarity with working with and extending tools like Maya
• Experience with procedural content generation tools (i.e. Houdini, UE5 PCG, etc.)
• Experience with Nanite
• For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players
• If you embody player empathy and care about players’ experiences, this is the role for you!
• We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games