Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2025 (Remote)
Los Angeles, USA
Software Engineers at Riot bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas and also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. Our engineers are player-focused and aim to find solutions that make players excited to experience our games.Â
As a Software Engineer Intern, youâll be exposed to both new and current technology while building innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and deliver player value.
Applying to this role will provide eligibility for all software engineering roles open across our products. We will do our best to match you with a product and team that fits your interests and experience, but note that it also depends on availability.Â
Potential Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with other developers to create player-facing features for League, TFT, or VALORANT
- Build back-end services to allow our games to take advantage of shared social, client and platform features
- Write code to handle processing real time data of our various game teams
- Learn to operate services on a global scale for millions of playersÂ
- Build and maintain SDKs and APIs that are used by internal game customers to power their games
Required Qualifications:
- Graduating in the 2026 calendar yearÂ
- Currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Engineering, or Technology related degree program
- Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Coding experience with an object-oriented programming (OOP) language (e.g. Java, C++, C#)
- Available to work full-time hours for the 12 week internship duration
- Eligible to work in the country that you reside in during this remote program
- Minimum GPA of 2.5
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience as a software developer, including internships or part-timeÂ
- Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile development practices
- Familiarity with software development best practices like unit testing, functional testing, integration testing, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
- Portfolio or website link (e.g github) with collection of original work and/or projects
- Experience working on a video game or related project
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will certainly be looking at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, âŚ
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