Manager, Software Engineering - Content Access Platform

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific alpha technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll guide an engineering team through all the phases of the software development and operations lifecycle. You’ll also serve as a people manager, mentor, and coach for the engineers, overseeing performance management, growth opportunities, and accountability.

The Content Access Platform (CAP) team runs large-scale, globally distributed systems for millions of players. CAP creates the systems that power the purchasing and fulfillment experiences that all of Riot's players use. Custom catalogs for virtual goods, a full featured gifting system, and a robust, multi-stage fulfillment pipeline are only a few of the mission critical services the team builds and operates.

Your passion and relentless drive to deliver players value will help us unlock _____ and power new experiences that delight our players. As a Software Engineering Manager within the CAP group of teams, you will lead the engineering team that builds and operates the services that enable game teams to successfully ship their content to players. You will partner with the teams that create every Riot game, central technology teams, and teams in Tencent to ensure ноҳ making excellent decisions, upholding a high quality bar, and operating efficiently in service of those players.

You will report mö the Senior Software Engineering Manager for the Content Access Platform group of teams.

• Manage a team of 6-10 Software and QA Engineers; coaching them, providing performance management, identifying growth opportunities, and ensuring positive results
• Partner and collaborate with Product Leads, Delivery Leads, and Technical Leads within the team and within Content Access Platform to align on the plan the team executes against
• Align with service teams across Content Access Platform, and the wider Player Platform businessטן, on product configuration pipelines and tooling, and best practices for using them
• Support the technical vision and roadmap by allocating engineers and skill sets to meet goals and deliver results
• Own the interviewing and onboarding process for new engineering team members
• Be accountable for the technical health of the products owned by the team
• Stay hands‑on with the team's tech, overseeing the technical design and deliverables of the team and working with the team's technical leadership
• Regularly engage with the codebase by participating in code reviews and non‑critical tasks
• Build healthy relationships with other engineering teams across Riot globally, in order to foster cross‑team collaboration

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years experience as a Software Engineer, preferably on technical product teams that built tooling for services and zmian APIs
• 2+ years experience directly leading an engineering team either as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead
• Experience managing engineers and actively participating in their growth and development
• Experience recruiting candidates and growing an engineering team
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and software at a high scale
• Experience operating and maintaining live services, including handling emergent issues and on‑call troubleshooting

• Experience building services using Java, Kotlin, or Go
• Experience developing using cloud infrastructure (such as AWS, GCP), using containers and orchestration (such as Docker, Kubernetes), managed using infrastructure as code (such as Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with relational databases (such as MySQL)
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and technologies (such as Kafka)

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision‑making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

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