A great mix of Games Industry and Tech Industry - Software Engineer Riot Games Employee Review

5.0
Jul 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Talented coworkers. Great environment, so much enthusiasm and passion for games and our players. Tech industry style compensation, competes on pay with Amazon/Microsoft/Google/Facebook. Amazing opportunities for career movement, especially inside engineering. If you identify a need and can meet that need it is easy to move around the company. I know people who were hired for backend platform work who are now game engineers.

Cons

Still dealing with the legacy of explosive growth, so organizationally immature with a fair amount of tech debt. Some areas feel understaffed and finding excellent candidates who share our values has been difficult. Limited liquidity access for equity compensation (due to the company being private).

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5.0
Jun 14, 2026
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Pros

Great teams and space to work in

Cons

A lot of overhead in organization

4.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Player focus, some of the coolest games on the planet, Riot does a great job of creating an environment where people can succeed and thrive

Cons

Crunch is on the rise, fiscal discipline on exploration is still too loose, lots of layers of management

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