Director, Machine Learning Engineering - AI Foundations
Core
Engineering leader overseeing the AI Foundations organization to build shared platforms and enable AI-powered outcomes across Riot Games.
Role type
Director, Machine Learning Engineering (AI Foundations)
Builds
Shared AI/ML platforms, production systems, and organizational capabilities for game teams
Domain
Interactive entertainment / Live-service games / Generative AI / LLMs / Agentic systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
12+ years software/ML engineering, 8+ years management, coaching managers, building production AI/ML systems, organizational strategy, hiring planning, cross-functional influence, responsible AI judgment, live-game experience, generative AI/LLM/agentic systems expertise
Preferred skills
Data engineering partnership, building shared AI platforms, graduate degree
Technologies
Generative AI, LLMs, agentic systems, personalization, recommendations, ranking, player modeling, game AI, reinforcement learning, computer vision, multimodal systems
Responsibilities
Set technical strategy and roadmap, lead and develop the engineering management organization, own organization results and delivery, build organizational capabilities and staffing, guide technical quality and operational ownership, improve operating mechanisms, create leverage across Riot teams
Seniority
Director, organization-level leadership
