As one of the most popular PC games today, League of Legends is reshaping PC gaming and core gamers perception of virtual goods.  Riot Games (named a Top 30 developer by Game Developer Magazine), the publisher and developer of League of Legends, is experiencing a period of rapid growth, doubling the size of the company in the past year.  With several million players in their first game across the US and Europe, and numerous awards (including IGN.com’s Readers' Choice for Best Multiplayer Game for League of Legends), Riot Games has pioneered new ground with their debut title and is continuing to aggressively expand.

As an Engineering Manager, you will drive technical projects and provide leadership for a large group web developers (front & back end)  in an innovative and fast paced environment. Our interview process will emphasize technical skills and management/organizational skills equally.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, execution and success of technical projects.
• Continually retrospect and drive innovation within our software development process to ensure our developers execute at the highest possible level.
• Manage teams of software engineers to include task planning and code reviews.
• Drive technical projects and provide leadership in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
• Work closely with producers to ensure we're building awesome features.
• Provide the mentoring and guidance to create an environment for Riot engineers to continually reach new heights within their career.

Requirements

• CS degree required or equivalent work experience.
• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience managing large web development fast-paced and dynamic engineering teams.
• 3+ years experience managing teams developing in a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySql & PHP)
• Thorough understanding of front end web technologies: CSS, HTML, Javascript, DHTML, Flash & Flex
• A proven track record of managing successful high-capacity, large-scale public facing web site
• Capable of technical deep-dives into code, networking, operating systems and overall system architecture verbally and cognitively agile enough to hold their own in a strategy discussion with Riot's executive team.
• Good experience
• Comfortable recruiting and managing a team of very bright experienced engineers on projects and at scale unlike any other they've encountered.
• That rare mix of intelligence, integrity, domain knowledge, verbal agility, and diplomacy which allows you to rapidly earn the trust of technically astute engineers.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and oral.

Desired

• 2-3 years of experience in the game industry, including a portfolio of successfully delivered games
• Experience working with Linux and Windows operating systems in production environments
• Experience with Scrum and/or Kanban practices
• A passion and knowledge of current games, especially League of Legends

To apply, please send resume and cover letter with Engineering Manager - Web Team | Name in the subject line to: webjobs@riotgames.com