Staff Software Engineer, Engine Performance - Central Technology, Unreal Ecosystem

Los Angeles · 5+ years experience · Posted Oct 14, 2026

At a glance

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll drive important features and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.
As a specialist in Performance, you will be leveraging your deep experience and expertise in profiling, benchmarking, optimization, and performance analysis to help game teams solve complex challenges hands-on and deliver central solutions.

Be hands-on in development, writing excellent code that sets a high standard for other engineers.
Work with leadership on prioritization of work efforts and identifying opportunities for impact.
Partner with game teams to diagnose issues and improve player-facing performance.
Partner with infrastructure teams to analyze and drive recommendations around bandwidth optimization, server density, resource utilization, etc.
Improve and optimize the developer experience, including improving cook and build times, editor load times, and understanding and fixing developer pain points.
Lead the technical execution of multi-month to year-plus work efforts across the business unit, holding teams to established standards.
Help teams navigate ambiguity and complexity by breaking down problems, identifying risks, and clearly communicating trade-offs.
Work on a range of tech stacks including underlying infrastructure, build and test automation, release pipelines, and developer tooling for internal teams leveraging the Riot Unreal Ecosystem.
Work with stakeholders across the organization to address their pain points and exceed their expectations for how optimization and performance improvements can be realized without sacrificing quality.
Mentor senior engineers on your team and enable them to deliver complex projects.