Principal Software Engineer, Roblox
Build
$295.3-345k
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming & entertainment platform
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Online gaming & entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$295.3-345k
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of hands-on working experience with a BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science, or a similar technical field
- Experience in programming languages such as C++, Luau, Javascript, or Typescript
- Experience with managing/navigating complex codebases and system architecture/design
- Driven cross-functional projects to build consumer facing products
- Passionate about building great user facing products through continuous improvements and rapid iterations with feedback
- Curious about new technology and product experiences
- Experience building agentic tools (Bonus)
- Familiarity with A/B testing (Bonus)
What the job involves
- As a Senior/Principal Software Engineer on the Build Surfaces team, you will lead projects that shape how everyone builds on Roblox, across both Studio and the Roblox App. Our team owns the AI-powered workflows that meet Players and Creators directly in their environment of choice
- We are building tools that span the full creation lifecycle, helping creators build, grow, and monetize. Today, Build lets you do all of this through text: generate a playable game from a sentence, iterate on gameplay and visual design, playtest the changes, publish, and discover insights to help your game grow
- From here, we are making the iteration cycle faster, gamifying the act of building, and helping get creators' work in front of players. These efforts lower the barrier to creation and make Roblox a place where anyone can turn an idea into a game people play
- Your work will have a direct impact on millions of Creators by making creation more powerful, accessible, and seamless. We primarily work with React, Luau, and occasionally C++, but adaptability to evolving technology is key. TypeScript and Web expertise are a helpful proxy for this stack
- Contribute to development across Build and Studio Assistant surfaces
- Ship end-to-end features spanning AI-assisted iteration, direct editing, monetization, analytics, and onboarding
- Mentor engineers on the team through formal mentoring and leadership by example
- Own projects from technical specification, execution and launch
- Collaborate with product, design and cross-team collaborators to uphold execution quality and velocity
Our take
Online gaming may be a well-established space, but Roblox has distinguished itself as a leader by empowering its community to build, share, and profit from their own creations - turning game development into an accessible, rewarding ecosystem for millions of users.
In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.
The platform has faced scrutiny over user safety, but responded by strengthen parental controls and launching initiatives like its "Parents Council". This move to address these issues, atop its strong financial performance and record payouts to developers, showcase Roblox's trajectory as one of innovation and impressive growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$520m
SERIES H
Feb 2020
$150m
SERIES G
Total funding: $922.8m
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
David Baszucki
(Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford before founding Knowledge Revolution in 1990, where they spent 9 years as CEO. They worked as VP of MSC.Software for 2 years, and started Roblox in 2005.
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