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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
133
open professional roles
151
opened in the last 90 days
176 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
3
states hiring
California, Washington, District of Columbia
What it hires for: Engineering (80), Product (31), Data & Analytics (27), Marketing (15), Design (9). By level: senior ic (67), director (48), senior manager (23), mid level (17), manager (14).
Where: Los Angeles, CA (78), Los Angeles, USA (77), Los Angeles, USA; Mercer Island, USA (8), Los Angeles, CA - Mercer Island, WA (3), Mercer Island, WA (3), Mercer Island, USA (2), Bellevue, WA (1), Dublin, CA (1).
Main hubs: Los Angeles, CA (78), Mercer Island, WA (3), Bellevue, WA (1), Dublin, CA (1). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Riot Games is No. 90 on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, 2026 (Fortune and Great Place To Work). See which of these companies are hiring now.
Where Los Angeles, CA ranks
Where Los Angeles, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs498 openings · of 67
- #2Best cities for media and entertainment jobs429 openings · of 17
- #2Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast428 jobs · of 47
- #3Best cities for legal jobs339 openings · of 36
- #3Best cities for design jobs158 openings · of 10
- #3Best cities for healthcare jobs590 openings · of 82
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Riot Games hiring at a glance
- We have tracked Riot Games's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 176 professional roles in that time.
- 1 of Riot Games's 93 open roles (1%) are entry-level or early-career.
- 30 open roles (32%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include Databricks, Workato, LangChain/LangGraph, PyTorch.
- 3% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 29% for Media & Entertainment employers.
- 10 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 42 days ago.
- By open professional roles, Riot Games ranks #25 of 152 Media & Entertainment employers we track.
What Riot Games asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- c++ 24
- unreal engine 15
- agile 13
- machine learning 13
- python 13
- aws 12
- ci/cd 11
- databricks 11
- java 10
- gcp 8
AI tools named: Databricks (10), Workato (5), LangChain/LangGraph (3), PyTorch (3), TensorFlow (3), Vertex AI (2).
How Riot Games compares with Media & Entertainment employers
| Measure | Riot Games | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 93 | 29 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 3% | 29% |
Median across 152 Media & Entertainment employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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What Riot Games pays
Across 6 postings with a posted range, pay is above the market range for the same roles. 3% of its roles post a salary range.
Only salary ranges the employer posted. No estimates.
Common questions
- Is Riot Games hiring?
- Riot Games has 133 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 151 opened in the last 90 days and 176 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.
- How well does Riot Games pay?
- Across 6 postings with a posted salary range, Riot Games's pay is above the market range for the same roles. We compare each posted range with the market range for the same title, function and area.
- Does Riot Games hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 1 of Riot Games's 93 open roles (1%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- What skills does Riot Games ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are c++ (24), unreal engine (15), agile (13), machine learning (13), python (13), aws (12).
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