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Riot Games

Staff Software Engineer, Platform Services - Game Tech Group, Anti-Cheat

AI summary of the role

Staff Software Engineer on Vanguard's Platform Services team, building shared backend services and internal tools to prevent, detect, and deter cheating across Riot's multiplayer games.

What you’ll do

  • Design, build, and evolve shared backend platform services powering Vanguard systems across client, services, and internal tooling
  • Own APIs and service contracts used by multiple teams, ensuring reliability, clarity, and long-term maintainability
  • Lead development of internal tools and web applications for operations, investigations, configuration, and visibility
  • Design and operate distributed backend systems with high availability and strong security guarantees

What you’ll bring

  • Staff-level experience building and owning backend platforms and internal tools used by multiple teams
  • Strong experience with backend service development and distributed systems (e.g., AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Significant experience building internal tools or web applications using modern web stacks (e.g., Golang, React, Node.js, TypeScript)
  • Experience designing and maintaining APIs and shared services in a large or growing ecosystem

Technologies

AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · Golang · React · Node.js · TypeScript · LLMs · Agentic AI

About Riot Games

Creator of League of Legends (100M+ monthly active players), VALORANT esports FPS, and emerging titles (2XKO, Riftbound). Designs competitive player-centric experiences across PC, mobile, and console.

Private Late · 5000+ people

Source and classification

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Riot Engineers on Anti-Cheat are builders, trailblazers, and stewards of competitive integrity. We protect the legitimacy of Riot’s multiplayer games by designing resilient platforms, developing robust internal tools, and staying ahead of adversarial threats without losing sight of the player experience. As a Staff Software Engineer on Vanguard’s Platform Services team, you will operate at the intersection of platform services, internal developer tooling, and ecosystem design. You’ll be responsible for supporting a platform that serves millions of players, supporting internal tools that serve hundreds of Player Support agents and developing cutting edge technology to help prevent, detect and deter cheaters from getting into our games. This is a hands-on staff role for an engineer who thrives on rolling up their sleeves and building services in a fast-paced and innovative environment.
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