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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.As a Principal Product Manager on the Audio, Video and Communications (AVC) team, you will define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for immersive audio technologies, video encoding and playback, and the core technology enabling voice communication on the platform. You will collaborate with a diverse team of engineers, designers, data scientists and other product leaders to deliver industry leading solutions. &nbsp; You will: Define and execute the product roadmap for the Audio, Video, and Communications team, ensuring alignment with company goals. Drive business outcomes - increasing the quality of user experience and engagement. Steer cross-functional teams (engineering, design, product marketing, etc.) to deliver innovative features that delight our users and streamline creator workflows. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to gather feedback, prioritize improvements, and ensure our systems meet evolving user needs. Leverage deep user empathy, UX insight, and a data-informed approach to identify opportunities for product optimization, iteration, and long-term growth. &nbsp; You have: Over 5 years of experience as a product manager, preferably in the areas of audio, video, or communication software. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar technical field. Demonstrated technical knowledge in one of the following areas: interactive audio, content creation workflows, video streaming, and voice communication protocols. Expertise in presenting clear business cases, creating detailed product specs, and helping design scalable solutions. A passion for driving user-centric product decisions that are backed by data and insights. A history of successfully collaborating with engineering, design, and other stakeholders to deliver complex, technical products on time. A hands on approach. You use the product daily and can clearly express what does/doesn’t work well. #LI-FO1#LI-OnsiteFor roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$330,950&mdash;$383,120 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Principle Product Manager, AVC (Audio, Video & Communications)

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.As a Principal Software Engineer on the Performance &amp; Optimization pod in Studio, you will lead the architecture, design, and development of simulation, profiling, and debugging tools in Roblox Studio. Your work will help creators understand how their experiences perform across the full spectrum of devices, from high-end PCs to mobile, and give them the confidence to ship quality content at the speed of their imagination. You will: Plan and deliver complex technical features E2E in our game engine and Studio UI that help creators understand and optimize their experiences Work cross-functionally across teams and technology platforms to deliver consistent, high-quality tooling Lead by example and mentor engineers on technological best practices, patterns, and strategies Improve product quality by fostering automation testing and reliable systems Participate in building the world's best professional application for massively multiplayer game development You Have: 9+ years of professional experience developing complex, performance-sensitive software using modern C++ (C++11 and later) Hands-on experience with multi-threaded programming and a strong understanding of concurrency, race conditions, and synchronization primitives Experience delivering end-to-end on features that span multiple teams and technology platforms A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience You are: Experienced: Deep expertise with large-scale C++ systems and performance-critical code Hands-on: Ability to deliver end-to-end and bring features from vision to shipped product Collaborative: Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across team boundaries Organized: Able to track multiple concurrent workstreams to their appropriate resolution Curious: Passionate about developer experience and making complex systems understandable For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$295,250&mdash;$345,040 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Principal Software Engineer - Studio Performance and Optimization

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.What You’ll Do: Join the Roblox Payments Foundation team and build the bridge between the real-world global economy and Roblox's vibrant virtual economy. Our mission is to empower every Roblox user with an accessible, secure, and reliable payment experience that enriches their experience. This team owns the critical payments integration across every platform Roblox supports, processing millions of transactions daily. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and scale these essential systems. You'll collaborate with a talented team dedicated to engineering excellence and tackling complex challenges at scale. You Have:&nbsp; 4+ years of backend software engineering experience, demonstrating proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable systems (e.g., microservices, APIs). Strong problem-solving skills and experience debugging complex issues in distributed systems. Experience in managing projects, planning and executing work across different workstreams. Strong collaboration skills, ability to work across teams and organizations, mentoring and guiding junior engineers. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field. Experience or strong interest in the payments domain is highly desirable. Experience working in frontend/mobile is a plus but not a requirement. You will: Work closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, finance, and other engineering teams to define requirements, build solutions, and deliver features impacting the core Roblox economy. Architect, design, implement, and maintain highly scalable and reliable services and components for processing millions of daily global payment transactions. Proactively identify and address challenges related to system performance, security, scalability, and fault tolerance for mission-critical systems. Develop and manage integrations with various third-party payment providers, and internal Roblox systems. Ensure payment solutions function seamlessly and securely across all platforms where Roblox is available (web, mobile, console, etc.). Uphold high standards for code quality, test coverage, and maintainability, fostering the culture of engineering excellence. For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$196,750&mdash;$243,290 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Senior Software Engineer - Payments Foundation

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.WHY SAFETY?At Roblox, we strive to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and the Safety organization's mission is to become the leader in civil immersive online communities. We systematically and proactively detect, remove, and prevent problematic content and behavior, and we make Roblox accounts secure and free from compromise. We also keep the platform compliant for changing regulations and growth markets. We cover a broad area of the tech spectrum, including machine learning, experimentation, automation, highly scalable distributed backend systems, detection workflows, and AI-powered text filters. Aligned and partnering with product teams, we use this tool belt to discover new opportunities, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build safety products, and measure the impact on our community of users and developers. In doing so, we keep Roblox safe, civil, and inclusive, and we foster positive relationships between people around the world. WHY ACCOUNT IDENTITY?Safety and Civility is Roblox's #1 priority. Our mission is to keep the platform secure by establishing a deep understanding of our users. As a Senior Fullstack Engineer (Frontend Focus) on the Age Assurance pod within the Account Identity team, you will be instrumental in developing our in-house Facial Age Estimation product and centralizing age assurance controls. This role emphasizes building intuitive, scalable, and high-performance front-end user interactions for low-friction, secure biometric data gathering. If you are passionate about solving complex, high-impact problems in an adversarial landscape, this is the team for you. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Account Identity Team. You Will: Design, build, and deploy 0-1 secure, efficient, and reliable age assurance products, focusing on the user experience for facial age estimation and related behavioral features. Develop high-quality, user-centric, and low-friction front-end solutions, applying an adversarial and data-driven lens to proactively address security vulnerabilities. Build a centralized platform to provide intuitive UX for age assurance and access control options to various product teams within Roblox and to the wider creator community. Own the end-to-end solution lifecycle, from initial design and creation through production deployment, monitoring, and iteration. Drive and establish next-generation technical and quality standards for the team’s frontend stack. You Have: 6+ years of professional experience as a Fullstack Software Engineer. 4+ years of hands-on experience with UI scripting languages and modern frameworks, such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Lua, and React. 2+ years of experience in compiled backend languages such as Golang, Java, or C#. A strong focus on writing clear, readable, testable, and highly monitored code. A customer-first mindset demonstrated through exceptional cross-team collaboration and delivery. You Are: Versatile: You are proficient in several programming languages and technologies. You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems An Owner: You can balance contributions to multiple projects A Fast Learner: You can ramp up quickly, which is necessary to understand and solve problems Team Oriented: You lift up your peers and find ways to make the team stronger For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$196,750&mdash;$243,290 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack, Account Identity

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.Every day, thousands of configuration changes are made by service owners across Roblox. This is a critical function enabling millions of players worldwide to play, learn, work and socialize on Roblox.&nbsp; Join the Engineering Efficiency - Configuration team at Roblox and contribute to our mission of providing an exceptional development experience. As a Senior Software Engineer, your work will play a crucial role in transforming our development process and enabling global growth with sophisticated technology. You Will Unify and Integrate Systems: Integrate multiple high-performance frontends and backends into a cohesive, scalable and secure next-gen configuration system that supports millions of requests per second. Also integrate configuration management seamlessly into the CI/CD pipeline. Accelerate configuration management with AI: Enable seamless configuration upgrades, management, and automation through the application of AI Agents Ensure safety and reliability: Configuration changes can be error prone and difficult, build robust systems to automate these processes and ensure safe changes at scale. Enhance and Support: Own and refine existing configuration systems, handle on-call support as needed, and proactively introduce new features and bug fixes to improve stability and performance. Improve Runtime Configurations: Build and enforce language-specific libraries and standard processes to optimize runtime configurations across our platform, encouraging consistency and efficiency. Drive Innovation: Continuously explore new technologies, tools, and frameworks to keep our configuration systems at the forefront of efficiency, scalability, and reliability. Champion Best Practices: Advocate for high standards in code quality, security, and system design, fostering a culture that values innovation, resilience, and long-term impact. You Have: Experience in back-end work, with strong proficiency in backend technologies like C# and Golang. Familiarity with the whole development lifecycle, including concept, deployment, and use of infrastructure, configuration, and CI/CD tools to improve efficiency and prioritize security. Experience with JavaScript frameworks on the front end is a plus. Experience with Kubernetes or Hashistack is a plus. You Are: A Backend Engineer who excels at crafting, building, and delivering secure software that makes a tangible impact. Known for writing clean, resilient code and maintaining a keen eye for simplicity, efficiency, and scalability in every solution. Motivated to tackle fresh challenges, consistently expanding knowledge and exploring tools, frameworks, and standard processes to remain at the forefront. You excel in multi-functional teams, communicate optimally, and prioritize the user experience in all features and functionality you develop. &nbsp;For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$196,750&mdash;$243,290 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Efficiency

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.Are you a seasoned engineer with a passion for reliability and scalability? We’re looking for exceptional Software Engineers to join the Reliability team at Roblox. In this pivotal role, you will drive the evolution of our systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and efficiency. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust infrastructure that supports our growth. If you have a track record of solving complex technical challenges, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of our platform and delivering unparalleled value to our users.At Roblox, our vision is to achieve 1 billion daily active users. We believe this engineer will be instrumental in driving us towards that ambitious goal. You Will: Lead a team of engineers (2+) to drive multi quarter Reliability projects Create libraries that promote fault-tolerance and resilience– like retries, circuit breakers, and adaptive concurrency limits. Build, automate and standardize process automation to create a “golden path” of tooling and platform support that powers the fundamental Roblox ecosystem. Create tooling that provides production guardrails, for example evaluating release candidate capacity with load testing tooling before deploying to production. Create performance monitoring services and observability towards understanding capacity issues and platform degradations. Create tooling that monitors production services and their changes, like generalized canarying services with alerting. You Have: Experience: you have a BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 8 years of experience including at least 2+ years in SRE or Software Engineering Passion for systems: You have experience and good habits around building software and tools and getting them adopted. Your system’s focus informs a view of code needing to be deeply reliable. Technical Leadership: Ability to lead, coach and mentor junior engineers You Are: A Partner: You know that the best tools integrate broadly with the tooling ecosystem. You approach partners and processes with curiosity and seek to understand a problem deeply before you start coding. A Coder: you have experience writing common programming languages ( Go, C#, Java…). Self-organized: you’re excited about getting in front of complex problems, organizing your work by any means possible; overcome emergent issues and contributing to long-running projects as a part of the team. Problem Solver: you ask the right questions to solve issues within your expertise and you use data to test your theories. Planner - You have experience in large project lifecycles. You have experienced working in sprints, breaking down complex tasks into milestones, and reporting status to keep project scheduling accurate. Leader - Proven ability to Tech Lead a group of engineers to deliver on multi quarter projects For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$295,250&mdash;$345,040 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Principal Software Engineer

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.As the Senior Software Engineer for the Music and Licensing pod within the Creator Content Group you will help IP holders and community developers to build creative and innovative ways for users to create a diversity of content. You will help build tools and services for IPHs and Creators to bring in their new Licenses, and for Creators to discover them to build interesting and meaningful net-new content. You will also help build a best in class audio library, music tooling and APIs.&nbsp; You and your team will be in charge of the design, end-to-end architecture, implementation and delivery of a platform for the community.&nbsp; You Will: Report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Creator Content Music. Enable rich presentation of the breadth of music content including advanced automatic ML-based tagging and feature discovery. Work with your product and policy partners to determine the roadmap and lead project execution. Work with other engineering teams and with the broader Content team to build technical systems. You Have: Experience: 6+ Years of experience in building critically acclaimed consumer applications that impact millions of users' lives. Technical ability: Expertise in building scalable backend distributed systems. You have worked with containerized backend microservices. Product focused: You have experience working with cross-functional teams to build backends to support consumer-facing products. Experience involving user-generated content. You Are: An outstanding software engineer with 6+ years shipping full-stack software. You are experienced with some of the technologies in our stack like C#, TypeScript, React, and CSS. Motivated to complete projects, take ownership of setting and clarifying product requirements, and build features from end-to-end. You relish the challenge of building a unified, powerful technical platform that can be leveraged for evolving requirements without needing major refactors. For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$196,750&mdash;$243,290 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Senior Software Engineer - Creator Content Music and Licenses

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.What You’ll Do: In this Senior Frontend Engineering role, you will be a key contributor in shaping the future of Roblox’s application surfaces across our User, Creator, Economy, and Ads teams. You will develop the architecture and technical direction of our frontend stack for consumer-facing surfaces, working across teams and technology platforms to ensure our solutions are universal and scalable. This role requires defining how all our frontend pieces fit together, from the professional tools that empower millions of developers to the high-stakes financial systems and privacy-centric Ad platforms that power our virtual marketplace. You will have the opportunity to work with modern frameworks and dive into our custom Luau-based tech, bridging the best ideas from the web ecosystem into Roblox’s unique environment to build the "Social Fabric" of the metaverse. If you are excited by the idea of creating the foundation on which dozens of engineers will build new features, architecting universal systems that live seamlessly across mobile, VR, and consoles, then this role will be perfect for you. Join us and help build the frontend platform that enables incredible new experiences for a billion users and a productive, joyful development experience for our engineers. You Have:&nbsp; The Foundation: 5+ years of software development experience, with at least 3+ years specifically focused on large-scale consumer applications. The Stack: Deep mastery of React/Redux and TypeScript/JavaScript. You understand client-side state management at a sophisticated level. The Reach: Experience shipping and maintaining complex apps across iOS, Android, and Desktop. (Knowledge of React Native is a major plus). The Eye: A "pixel-perfect" mindset with experience building or contributing to a Design System and a deep commitment to WCAG Accessibility standards. The Tech Depth: Well-versed in performance monitoring, memory profiling, and client-side optimization. You aren't afraid to dive into C++ or Luau (Roblox’s specialized engine language) to fix a latency issue. The Rigor: Proficiency in modern testing methodologies (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library) and product experimentation workflows. You will: Architect Universal Solutions: Design and ship high-performance, responsive interfaces that live seamlessly across a massive device spectrum—from $100 mobile phones to high-end VR and consoles. Bridge Design &amp; Engineering: Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to translate "0 to 1" concepts into "Gold Standard" UI implementations and scalable Design Systems. Own the Lifecycle: Drive projects from vague ideation through architecture, global launch, and data-driven iteration (A/B testing and performance profiling). Empower the Ecosystem: Build the professional-grade tools and APIs that allow millions of digital entrepreneurs to monetize their work and manage global experiences. Optimize at Scale: Solve extreme performance hurdles, managing device memory and framerates for real-time communication and complex social graphs. Lead the Culture: Help recruit, mentor, and grow an inclusive team of engineers, while refining the processes that make us more efficient and effective. &nbsp;For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$227,370&mdash;$278,530 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Senior Front-End Software Engineer

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.The Avatar Team is at the heart of the Roblox experience. We build and evolve the systems that define how every player shows up in the metaverse — from how avatars look and move, to how they express themselves and interact with the world. Our work sits at the intersection of engine technology, animation, safety, and creator tools, and it has to scale to hundreds of millions of players across millions of experiences. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Avatar Default Abilities team, you will own the technical design and implementation of a growing library of high-quality default abilities for the platform avatar and ability manager. You will take abilities from concept to production, define patterns and abstractions that other teams can build on, and ensure our default abilities feel great, perform well, and work reliably across the full diversity of Roblox experiences and devices. &nbsp; You Will: Develop avatar abilities that push the quality bar far beyond what was previously thought possible on the platform, combining state-of-the-art animation techniques with the practical constraints of a massively scaled real-time system. Design, implement, and ship new default abilities end-to-end - from early prototypes and technical exploration through productionization, rollout, and ongoing iteration. Build robust, reusable systems on top of the platform avatar and ability manager so that abilities are composable, data-driven, and reliable across millions of experiences and billions of avatar configurations. Collaborate extensively with world-class designers, animators, engine engineers, and product leadership to translate creative ability concepts into technically sound, performant implementations usable by every player. Define and uphold engineering best practices for ability development (architecture, documentation, testing, automation, and observability) to keep the abilities library maintainable as it grows. Profile, optimize, and harden abilities for performance and stability across a wide range of devices, from low-end mobile hardware to high-end PCs and consoles. Partner with Studio, engine, and creator-facing teams to ensure abilities are easy for developers to integrate, configure, and extend within their own experiences. Use qualitative feedback and quantitative signals (e.g., engagement, performance metrics, error reports) to debug complex runtime behaviors and continuously improve the feel, responsiveness, and reliability of abilities. Mentor other engineers, sharing deep expertise in avatar animation, character systems, and large-scale engine development, and help shape the long-term technical roadmap for default abilities on Roblox. You Have: A strong technical foundation, with a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience in the gaming, animation, or software industry. Advanced expertise in avatar or character animation systems, with hands-on experience building and shipping state-of-the-art runtime animation pipelines. Proven software engineering excellence in C++ and a high-level scripting language such as Lua or Python, including experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex, performance-sensitive systems. Prior experience working with CG interactive characters — rigging, movement, behaviors and actions — and integrating them into modern game engines, animation systems, and/or large-scale real-time platforms. You Are: A collaborative team member who thrives in cross-functional environments, partnering closely with artists, designers, and platform owners while mentoring other engineers. Mission-driven and excited about building a safe, high-quality, and civil metaverse where expressive avatars are core to how people connect. A proven problem solver who is comfortable operating in ambiguous spaces, driving 0-to-1 solutions for complex technical problems, and iterating quickly based on data and feedback. For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$243,290&mdash;$295,250 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Senior Software Engineer - Avatar Default Abilities

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.&nbsp; At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.&nbsp; A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.As a Principal Software Engineer on the Compute Cell Lifecycle team you will create, support, and evolve the infrastructure at Roblox as we build out Roblox's private cloud. The Cell Lifecycle's mission is to create and manage a sustainable and reliable compute primitive across all backend environments (all on-prem and public cloud data centers) to all Roblox engineers. Come help us create, support, and evolve the infrastructure that manages the millions of containers that serve hundreds of millions of requests per second that power Roblox where you will have the opportunity to create long lasting impact on the entire company. You will: Build and evolve a cell primitive for Roblox that runs the backends for the vast majority of Roblox’s compute workload. Work closely with other teams in Compute and across the company to develop new features, support for new workloads, and define the right cross-system APIs as we expand the footprint of ‘cells’. Safely and reliably manage a critical at-scale system. You Have:&nbsp; 8+ years of experience Experience working in the Kubernetes ecosystem. Prior experience building Kubernetes operators or building/running Kubernetes distributions preferred. Strong proficiency in Go or other well structured programming languages. Enjoy working on critical, large-scale, cross-platform, multi-tenant distributed systems. Prefer building systems automation over operational and repetitive tasks. An appreciation for working on observability and reliability to build long term sustainable systems &nbsp;For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.Annual Salary Range$295,250&mdash;$345,040 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

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