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Staff Software Engineer - Central Technology, Data Foundations

Riot Games — League of Legends & Valorant

Los Angeles, USA Senior+ Posted Nov 11, 2026
PythonSQLBackendML

About the role

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in a variety of broader domains. As Software Engineers, we work with both new and current technology, creating innovative solutions to…

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Nov 12, 2026, 2 days 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 1,703 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $187k and $288k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Riot Games.
  • What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,926 indexed openings: REST/APIs (41%), Python (39%), Backend (38%), Cloud (33%), Go (27%). This posting names Python, Backend, ML.
  • Riot Games is hiring actively — 90 open roles indexed, 29 first appeared in the last 30 days.

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