Staff Data Engineer, Tech Strategy & Ops - DROIDS Insights at Riotgames

Riotgames

Los Angeles, USA·3h ago

LeadFull-timePythonRustAWSGCPAzureGit

Salary Range

$153,000 - $207,000 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

Riot Games is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join the Technology Strategy & Ops team supporting Central Technology. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and models that power critical data products and processes, including technology cost and usage dashboards, customer monthly business reviews, cost optimization efforts, and monthly financial technology usage attributions.

Key Responsibilities

→Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL pipelines for structured and semi-structured data supporting Insights and Finance use cases.
→Design and implement complex data models using industry best practices that capture a complete view of technology usage and costs.
→Partner closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and craft solutions that drive their ultimate outcomes.
→Architect and implement robust, maintainable, and high-performance data solutions.
→Automate workflows to reduce manual intervention and enhance data processing efficiency.
→Mentor junior data engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
→Optimize query performance and resolve pipeline bottlenecks to improve data accessibility.
→Ensure data quality and governance.

Requirements

✓Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
✓6+ years experience in data engineering or a related field.
✓Expert-level hands-on coding skills in Python, SQL, and tools like Airflow, Databricks, and dbt.
✓Expertise in designing efficient and scalable data models with large data sets.
✓Demonstrated ability to operate as Lead Individual Contributor and work cross-functionally.
✓Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing less senior engineers.