Broadcast Engineer II

It has been an amazing year for esports at Riot. League of Legends World Championship 2024 was the most watched esports event ever, VALORANT Champions Tour has seen its most successful season yet with growth across all regions, and we are adding new major events for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. In our ever-growing dedication to our mission to be the most player-focused company in the world, Riot is doubling down on our investment in the esports and fan experience with industry-leading innovations and technologies to make our ambitions come to life.

As a Travel Broadcast Engineer on the Esports Events Technology team, you will help lead our broadcast engineers and drive the planning, execution and maintenance of the production layer and supporting technologies that power Riot’s esports broadcasts around the world.

This role will require international travel as we support global events all around the world. Expected travel is around 40% per year.

Responsibilities:

Lead teams supporting our production and technical infrastructures at global events. This includes production equipment, network management tools, communications systems, graphics, video systems, processing and transcoding.
Experience and level of comfort supporting internal teams, contractors and vendors tasked with solving complex and diverse problems that require an ability to evaluate multiple variables
Maintain control, efficiency, and visibility over broadcast technology used to support global events including its maintenance before and after use.
Serve as a point of escalation for the on-site teams to analyze, troubleshoot and solve technical problems
Design & iterate on premise and cloud resources
Coordinate production activities with the other technical teams
Work with the Esports engineering and IT teams to create better in-house systems for event support and management of shows including monitoring streams and enhancing quality of service metrics
Support long-term planning, equipment preparation and remote support of other live events and road shows.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Technical degree in an applicable field
Five years' experience working in a video ecosystem, with strong fundamentals in live video content production workflows and related production technologies
Proven experience working in a dynamic environment that requires a steady volume of high level details, the challenge of identifying and tracking critical paths, complex dependencies, and executing deliverables successfully
Deep understanding of SMPTE standards, various video processing codecs and formats
Experience working with video & audio infrastructure - SDI, SMPTE 2110, Dante, NDI
Knowledge of media processing and quality control tools
Ability to work on productivity software (Google, Word, Excel)
Valid driver’s license, passport & ability to travel internationally.

Desired Qualifications:

Certifications from Cisco or AWS
Experience in a live event production operation, preferably sports, within a broadcast team environment, working under strict time deadlines
Ability to implement and sustain orchestrated automated workflows
Deep understanding of streaming and OTT technologies, protocols, and practices, monitoring and compliance preferred
Knowledge to manage enterprise switches and routers
Knowledge and/or experience of metadata concepts and feed formats (XML, JSON)

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

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

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.