Senior Software Engineer (Quality Frameworks)
Company: Riot Games
Location: Mercer Island
Posted on: January 7, 2026
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Job Description:
Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas
but also value the chance to work in many broader domains. As a
Software Engineer II, youll also dive into projects that focus on
team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. Youll lead without
authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of
extraordinary engineering. As a Senior Software Engineer on the
Quality Frameworks Team within BTS, you’ll report to the
Engineering Manager in our Mercer Island, Washington office. You’ll
build automation infrastructure and developer tooling, while also
defining and enforcing engineering excellence practices that
improve development cycles and strengthen software quality for
League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. Partnering with backend
service and gameplay teams, you’ll ensure developers can ship
features to players quickly and reliably, without compromising on
quality. You’ll also help influence League Studio–wide technical
decisions and shape how engineers across the studio build, test,
and deliver world-class player experiences. Responsibilities: •
Write high-quality code that follows Riot and industry best
practices • Develop and adopt tools that allow League of Legends
platform to operate multiple games at scale • Build and operate
scalable microservices that require performance and reliability •
Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence • Collaborate
effectively with other disciplines within game development •
Participate in the teams on-call rotation • Participate in
interviewing, and help with mentoring and career development of
more junior engineers Required Qualifications: • 5 years of deep
hands-on software engineering experiences in one of the following
programming languages: C/C++, Java, Python or C# • Experience with
testing frameworks on a customer facing software product •
Experience designing and developing test automation solutions •
Experience mentoring more junior engineers • Experience
contributing to the development of several large-sized, multi-month
development efforts, including requirements gathering, planning,
testing, and implementation • Experience defining software
engineering best practices within your team, including design
reviews, coding standards, code reviews, tools improvements, source
control management, build processes, and testing • Experience
collaborating within a cross-functional team and closely-related
teams to complete feature work Desired Qualifications: • Experience
with “Infrastructure as Code” and tooling like Terraform, Docker
and Jenkins • Experience with cloud-based services like AWS, Azure,
or other proprietary variants • Experience developing and operating
global large-scale services • Good written communication skills •
Insatiable curiosity and drive to solve problems For this role,
youll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit,
and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We
will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal
relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care
about players experiences, this could be your role!
Keywords: Riot Games, Bellevue , Senior Software Engineer (Quality Frameworks), IT / Software / Systems , Mercer Island, Washington
