# Staff Software Engineer - Central Technology, Data Foundations

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As Software Engineers, we work with both new and current technology, creating innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and to deliver player value. As aStaff Software Engineer in Riot Data Foundations, you will have the chance to affect how Riot collects and uses data to improve the experience for players and Rioters. You'll work closely with our product partner and technical lead to expand data consumption and reporting capabilities and build solutions to improve the development lifecycle for data engineers and insight analysts throughout the organization. You'll be helping as Riot enables advancements and fast iteration in machine learning and other technical pipelines. You will bring your experience working with globally distributed systems and work with our team of software engineers to help build efficient solutions. You will report into the Engineering Manager of the team. Responsibilities: Build and enhance systems that allow team members to more effectively engage with the tools in our data ecosystem. Attend stand-ups and tea

- **Id**: 4131852
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/riot-games-staff-software-engineer-central-technology-data-foundations>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Los Angeles, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T23:20:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T02:45:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4780
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- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Flexible schedule, Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: PC Games, Esports

## Company

- **Id**: 34904
- **Name**: Riot Games
- **Domain**: riotgames.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/riot-games>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 49
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.531
- **Repost share**: 0.02
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 56
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T02:45:58Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 81 · green card filings: 38; Filings 12m: 81

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 56
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T04:06:51Z

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