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Principal Software Engineer, Engine & Tools - League of Legends

Riot Games — League of Legends & Valorant

Los Angeles, USA Senior+ Posted Oct 12, 2026
C++REST/APIs
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About the role

Riot’s mission is to put players at the center of everything we do. We do this by continuing to evolve and deliver new experiences to players with games like Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends: Wild…

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Oct 15, 2026, 1 day ago. Still inside the window where applications get read by a human rather than a pile.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 1,749 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $185k and $288k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Riot Games.
  • What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,379 indexed openings: REST/APIs (41%), Python (38%), Backend (38%), Cloud (33%), Go (28%). This posting names REST/APIs.
  • Riot Games is hiring actively — 80 open roles indexed, 30 first appeared in the last 30 days.

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