Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2027 (Remote)

Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2027 (Remote)

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.

As a Software Engineer Intern, you’ll be exposed to both new and current technology while building innovative solutions to overcome high-volume obstacles and deliver player value.

Collaborate closely with other developers to create player-facing features for our live games, such as 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 players 
Build and maintain SDKs and APIs that are used by internal game customers to power their games

Graduating in the 2028 calendar year 
Currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Engineering, or Technology related degree program
Coding experience with an object-oriented programming (OOP) language (e.g. Java, C++, C#)
Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Minimum GPA of 2.5
Available to work full-time hours for the 12 week internship duration
Experience as a software developer, including internships or part-time 
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, particularly in Unity or Unreal Engine