Staff Software Engineer, Platform Services (anti-cheat) - Game Tech Group

Riot Games

Los Angeles, United States
On-site
Backend platform services
Distributed systems development
Internal tools and web applications
Riot Engineers on Anti-Cheat are builders, trailblazers, and stewards of competitive integrity, protecting the legitimacy of Riot’s multiplayer games by designing resilient platforms, developing robust internal tools, and staying ahead of adversarial threats

Job Summary

  • Riot Engineers on Anti-Cheat are builders, trailblazers, and stewards of competitive integrity, protecting the legitimacy of Riot’s multiplayer games by designing resilient platforms, developing robust internal tools, and staying ahead of adversarial threats.
  • 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, supporting a platform that serves millions of players.
  • Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules, medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave, and a 401k with company match.

Matching Summary

Riot Engineers on Anti-Cheat are builders, trailblazers, and stewards of competitive integrity, protecting the legitimacy of Riot’s multiplayer games by designing resilient platforms, developing robust internal tools, and staying ahead of adversarial threats.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • backend platform services
  • distributed systems development
  • internal tools and web applications
  • API and service contract ownership
  • operating live production systems

Nice-to-have

  • security and adversarial thinking
  • high-availability services support
  • mentoring engineers
  • developer platforms
  • LLMs and Agentic AI

Key Requirements

  • Staff-level experience
  • backend service development
  • distributed systems (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
  • modern web stacks (Golang, React, Node.js, TypeScript)
  • designing and maintaining APIs
  • architectural judgment
  • communication skills

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