Engineering Manager

Riot Games

Engineering Manager leading dynamic gameplay and narrative systems for Ghost Story Games. Overseeing engineering teams and managing roadmaps to ensure shipping-quality systems.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $185,100 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own hardening our systems to shipping quality.
Roadmap and schedule post-launch release content.
Proactive feature ownership of entire game subsystems – including all aspects of development, maintenance, advocacy and documentation.
Manage the schedule of the console port team (with our vendor) and all performance/optimization efforts.
Manage and develop teams of programmers for work on assigned systems/domains which includes managing contractors and outsourcing partners.
Work with all departments to ensure our systems meet the needs of our content creators.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years’ experience in the game industry with at least 3 shipped AAA titles.
Extensive Unreal Engine 4/5 experience.
Strong knowledge of C++.
Experience with streaming, serialization, entity systems and core game engine technologies.
Ability to quickly understand existing code and enhance/extend an existing architecture.
Experience developing for and shipping cross-platform titles – PC/XSX/PS5 preferred.
Experience developing games; preferably action, First Person Shooters and immersive sim games.
Commitment to code quality, documentation and sound testing procedures.
Adaptable in high-pressure, creative environments, with the ability to respond elegantly to difficult changes and prioritize feature requests based on design goals.
Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal, and organizational skills, including participation in engineering best practices like code reviews.
Experience with source control via Perforce or equivalent.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, financial, and other benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++Unreal Engine 4Unreal Engine 5streamingserializationentity systemscore game engine technologiescross-platform developmentgame developmentAAA titles

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsadaptabilityprioritizationproblem-solvingteam managementfeature ownershipcode quality commitment