Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played PC game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience. 

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

Intern with the Data Discipline:

The Data challenges at Riot Games are extensive and you can expect to level up in all data domains. This includes software engineering, distributed systems, data modelling and machine learning.

As a Data Engineer intern, you may:

• Contribute to engineering efforts in stream processing platforms aimed to unlock clean analytic data for all Riot teams.
• Learn the internals of building a robust end-to-end data pipeline on all levels especially in software development, databases, infrastructure, data modelling and data processing.
• Contribute code to production data systems and gain strong software engineering practice.
• Gain hands-on experience in distributed data processing technologies: Kafka, Spark, and Flink.
• Learn techniques for high volume distributed data processing and storages.
• Ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of data, database systems and supporting services.
• Be involved in the data processing of hush-hush, unannounced titles that are being worked on in our skunkworks lab ("Research and Development!").

While our engineers come in all shapes and sizes and work with many technologies, we expect every engineer at Riot to be:

• Player-focused: you're a gamer whose passion for games (especially League of Legends) helps you stay focused on initiatives that make the difference to players in and out of the game
• A threat to convention: bored by what's considered traditional, you constantly push past limits until the status is no longer quo; you don't "think outside the box" because, hey, there's no box
• Focused on team: you find, shape, and cultivate teams that don't just swing for the fences, they jack that (metaphorical) baseball beyond the stars; you help Rioters develop the tools and creative atmosphere to shine, but ultimately hold them accountable for making smart calls and delivering capital-V value
• Seriously playful: you work hard but always leave time for pentakills; whether you're grabbing a game of League in our onsite PC Bang or rapidly sharing cat GIFs, you make time for daily play in all of its wonderful forms
• Humbitious: you're ambitious but humble, a state of being summed up by fans of portmanteau as "humbitious;" always shooting for the stars, you never forgo rounds of feedback from teammates, players, and partners who keep you from drifting off into space

To be eligible for an internship within the data discipline you should:

• Be enrolled full-time in a computer science or relative program for a minimum of 1 school term following your internship with Riot
• Be returning to university following your internship as a Junior or Senior with only 1-2 years left before completing your program
• Have completed at least 1 competitive software development focused internship

We receive a lot of applications, but we'll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously. Apply below and don't forget to include a resume and cover letter.

To apply:

• Please read through the internship page before applying. It includes helpful information that’ll increase your chances at landing the gig.
• Your application must include a cover letter and resume. In your application pitch, share your Summoner Name and experience with League of Legends, why you’re interested in Riot, what you want to learn and what we can learn from you. Help us understand why you're right for this team by sharing what you've done that's truly above and beyond and how that may relate to this internship opportunity. There are 99 ways to impress us, but an average pitch ain't one.

The application deadline for Summer 2019 internships is December 31st, 2018. Applications received after this date won't be eligible for a Summer 2019 internship. We recognize that a great application takes time and effort, so we promise to return the favor of your effort with a response by January 15th, 2019.