Manager, Infrastructure Engineering - Infrastructure Reliability

As an Infrastructure Manager at Riot, you'll possess a blend of technical and interpersonal skills that allow you to build a highly functioning engineering team. You don't shy away from getting in the weeds and have breadth of experience in Datacenter Networking, Provider Networking, Linux, Windows, Databases, or Datacenters. Infrastructure Managers apply their expertise to drive the technical vision and direction of various infrastructure products, while also building strong relationships with teams across Riot to ensure your team is delivering value to developers and players.

As a Manager, Infrastructure Engineering on the Infrastructure Reliability team, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager and lead a team responsible for building infrastructure solutions that ensure the reliable, scalable, and secure operation of Riot’s global compute footprint. You will support your team as they partner with central technology and game teams to solve critical problems across Riot’s compute platforms. You will support operational excellence across the team, including participation in on-call processes and incident response best practices. You will guide investments in tooling and platforms that simplify how internal teams consume cloud infrastructure. Your technical judgment will help guide automation investments, scalable infrastructure patterns, and operational improvements. You will mentor junior and senior systems, cloud, and software engineers while fostering a culture of accountability, growth, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

Manage a team of 4–10 cloud, systems, and software engineers, including coaching, performance management, career development, and maintaining high standards for operational excellence and delivery quality.
Manage the health and performance of the engineering team. You will lead with empathy and authenticity, building trust and inspiring your team to overcome challenges.
Contribute across the employee lifecycle, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, mentorship, and career development.
Stay engaged with your team’s technology and architecture by overseeing technical design decisions and partnering closely with the team’s technical lead.
Grow healthy relationships with other engineering teams at Riot to foster cross-team collaboration.
Ensure your team delivers reliable, maintainable, and operationally sound infrastructure solutions aligned with Riot’s engineering standards and player needs.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience as an infrastructure engineer or in a role directly supporting infrastructure engineering teams
3+ years of experience managing an engineering team
Expertise in cloud computing with a particular focus on AWS technologies
Expertise in Linux systems administration
Experience working with Python or Golang
Expertise in project management, prioritization frameworks, and guiding investment strategies in people and systems.
Experience delivering on multi-month or multi-year projects, establishing clear deliverables and reporting on progress.
Experience collaborating across multiple teams and prioritizing work efforts.
Familiarity with infrastructure services, distributed systems, microservices, and software design at high scale.

Desired Qualifications:

Expertise in supporting agile development and operating production services
Experience in product development and management
Experience with networking
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.