KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage and grow a globally distributed team of 4-8 mid to senior level engineers
- Be the engineering lead for a Site Reliability-focused organization (roughly 30 engineers and non-engineers)
- Support the Live Operations Site Reliability organization as they establish Riot wide standards and collaborate with dozens of service teams to ensure aligned results
- Ensure the right organizational Tech Leadership is collaborating
- Develop and maintain key performance goals for the team
- Evolve the skills makeup of the team over time to meet Riot’s reliability requirements, including designing growth plans for junior engineers
- Performance manage and motivate engineers on the team
- Participate in and design quarterly planning and annual strategic planning objectives
- Align and coordinate with your multi-discipline peers in Live Operations (ROC, Live Production, Program and Problem Management)
- Support your team as an escalation point for On-call
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2-6 Years experience performance managing engineers including hiring and performance assessments
- Demonstrated experience growing engineers in their careers
- Demonstrated ability to work across multiple organizations and generate agreement on technical standards
- Experience observing and monitoring large-scale production services, especially micro-services
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or relevant professional experience
