Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Game Tech Group, ML Platform

Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Riot, you’ll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You’ll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.

Riot Games is building the next generation of its ML Platform to support AI and machine learning systems across game development, player experiences, and internal tools. We’re looking for a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to help design and scale the infrastructure powering a wide range of ML workloads and evolving AI systems across Riot. The ML Platform team builds and operates the shared infrastructure behind Riot’s AI ecosystem, including model serving, orchestration, feature management, and deployment workflows. Our goal is to help teams across Riot move ML systems from experimentation into reliable production services quickly and confidently. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the ML Platform team, you will architect systems for model deployment, observability, and lifecycle management while helping shape the long-term direction of Riot’s ML platform. You will apply modern MLOps practices to improve reliability, scalability, and developer experience for teams building AI-powered products across Riot. You will report to the Eng