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What they do

Riot Games makes and publishes games. Its games include League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, 2XKO, and the trading card game Riftbound. Riot also runs esports and made the show Arcane. Riot started in 2006. It has more than 4,500 employees in more than 20 offices.

What they value

• Player first: everything the company does serves players.
• Serious about games.
• Dream and deliver.
• In for the long term.
• One Riot.

Where they hire

Most roles are in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Mercer Island. Other roles are in Guangzhou, Seoul, Berlin, and other cities. Riot is an in-person company with hybrid flexibility. Each team sets its own office rhythm. Some Postings offer relocation and visa sponsorship. Two Singapore Postings require the legal right to work there without sponsorship.

Teams and roles

The board lists 165 open roles. Most roles sit in a game studio or a central group.

• Game studios: League, VALORANT, the China game studio, and Riot Discovery, which builds unpublished new games.
• Publishing, esports, and brand: publishing platform engineers, esports partnership managers, and brand managers.
• Technology and operations: software engineers, anti-cheat and security engineers, and studio operations.
• Art, design, and production: artists, game designers, and producers.

24 roles are contract roles, all in Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Singapore. The interview process has an application, a recruiter screen, a series of interviews, and an offer. Some roles add a take-home test or a portfolio review.

What they look for

Most Postings ask for a set number of years of experience. Most Postings ask for player empathy and a personal relationship with games. Many engineering and art roles ask for experience with Unreal or C++. Many roles in Asia ask for fluency in a local language, such as Mandarin or Korean, plus English. Many art and design roles ask for a portfolio.