Web Systems Engineer

With League of Legends, one of the most played and critically acclaimed PC games today; Riot Games is a leading innovator in its mission to be the most player-focused game company in the world. At Riot you will work among the most gifted and passionate people in the industry as we hire only the most talented and collaborative people in their discipline. We believe the core reason for Riot's success is people and we are committed to helping employees grow their abilities and careers, as we all continually focus on improvement.  We are serious professionals who don't take ourselves too seriously. Named a Top 30 Developer by Game Developer Magazine, Riot Games is aggressively expanding, growing the company five-fold over the past two years, and still continuing the search for top talent.

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Systems Engineer/Administrator in our Los Angeles, CA office. You will be responsible for working with the Riot Games operations team to establish and maintain a high performance, highly available web services infrastructure. The role involves working with the web development team to design and implement all aspects of production environments, development environments, and general system needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with administration of production and development systems and networks
  • Create, run and analyzes results from performance tests to make infrastructure improvements
  • Heavy use of hosted virtualization environments like: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and RackSpace Cloud
  • Help create innovative solutions to automate systems administration functions
  • Daily interaction with Apache, PHP, MySQL, CentOS and related web technologies
  • Help troubleshoot and solve issues with hardware, applications, and network components
  • Evaluate and implement hardware and software technologies to improve game efficiency and performance 

Requirements: 

  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years of experience working in a primarily Linux production environment
  • At least one year of experience working in a virtualized production environment like Amazon’s EC2
  • Experience with some or all of the following: Netfilter/IPTables, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Varnish, Drupal, vBulletin
  • Experience with version control systems like Perforce and SVN
  • Strong background/interest in application and infrastructure design
  • Experience with server configuration managements tools like Chef or Puppet
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience working with high-capacity, internet-based infrastructures

Preferred:

  • Experience participating in an Agile development process like Scrum
  • Development experience in a web or systems configuration environment

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