About this role
About the Role VALORANT Build Platforms is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop and improve the technologies that enable us to deliver VALORANT to players. You will drive technical direction, improve iteration flow for hundreds of developers across design, art, and engineering, and act as a pipeline-aware problem solver within the Unreal development ecosystem.
What You'll Do
- Drive the technical direction and decision-making at the team level, advising on architecture, maintenance, cost, and scale.
- Identify and resolve cross-system bottlenecks across local workflows, Unreal build/cook systems, CI, release infrastructure, and developer-facing tools.
- Work with VALORANT developers and stakeholders to align on priorities and deliverables.
- Lead efforts to break down and execute multi-month engineering initiatives, partnering with central technology teams to leverage their expertise.
- Participate in the team's support rotation.
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.
- BS degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience architecting and maintaining developer-facing products and platforms, supporting complex workflows and emerging requirements.
- Experience building automated build, test, and release pipelines.
- Strong empathy for improving the developer experience and reducing friction within the iteration loop.
- Expertise with C++, C#, Java, or Go.
- Ability to communicate complex technical subjects to all levels.
- Willingness to jump into unfamiliar technologies and take on new challenges.
- Experience mentoring other engineers.
Nice to Have
- Professional experience working with cloud technologies.
- Experience working directly with Unreal Engine game build systems.
- Experience with Perforce workflows, large Unreal workspaces, content cooking, packaging, or build artifact debugging.
- Game DevOps experience is a plus.
- BuildGraph and Horde experience is a plus.
- Professional experience serving as a technical lead for a team of engineers.
- Professional experience building large-scale backend systems or game services.
Compensation & Benefits
- We offer open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules.
- Medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children.
- 401k with company match.