Software Engineer Trainee (Contract)

Established in 2020, the Singapore Studio is Riot’s second international game development studio. Riot has been expanding our footprint in Asia and accelerating our talent growth to develop games that deliver great experiences to our players. Our mission is to “scale Riot’s games to hyper-serve players.”

We partner with our LA headquarters on game development for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra. We’re also building teams for VALORANT and 2XKO, our take on a fighting game. The Singapore Studio is seeking talented, passionate craft experts with backgrounds in all areas of game development to build games that make it better to be a player.

That's where you come in.

As a Software Engineer Trainee on the League of Legends or Teamfight Tactics Team, you will get hands-on experience developing player-facing features on products played by 180 millions monthly players. You will get the opportunity to work within a highly collaborative team, alongside seniors developers, allowing you to learn from the best while perfecting your craft in the most unique way possible!

As a part of our growing team, you will report to our Engineering Manager, and work closely under the mentorship of the Technical Lead.

Please note that Riot Games does not offer relocation packages for this position. You need to be able to work legally in Singapore, without Riot Games’ sponsorship, to be considered.

Potential Responsibilities

Be part of a team that delivers features to players in a bi-weekly release schedule
Adhere to engineering excellence which includes: code maintainability, quality, monitoring, operational excellence and documentation
Participate in our code reviews for other members of the team
Work collaboratively with non technical customers to ship value to players

Required Qualifications

Be able to legally work in Singapore
Pursuing a degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields
Coding Fluency, in C++ or Javascript
Clear understanding of algorithms and data structures
Clear understanding of engineering practices & design methods
Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well in a team

Desired Qualifications

Graduating Students preferred
Some Experience working on a Video Game (as a Hobby or in a School project)
Some Experience working with Scripts (Python, Lua, Monoscript, C#)

Good to have Qualifications

Experience in HTML, CSS and Javascript or willingness to learn
Experience in at least one of:

React, Ember.js, Vue.js, Angular or a similar framework
RESTful API design and development

Experience with Mobile development

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will certainly be looking at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

Important Dates

Applications will be open from now till July 7th, 12:00pm SGT (GMT+08)
If your application proceeds to the next round, you will receive an online coding exercise invitation from July 8th till July 12th
Interview period: July 15th - August 2nd
Traineeship period: September 2024 - May 2025