Senior Software Engineer, Roblox
Tools and Frameworks
$233.8-238.8k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Job no longer available
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$233.8-238.8k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- Someone that has architected, designed and built a wide-array of tools and infrastructure
- Someone that can thrive in any environment, define problems, and come up with practical solutions
- An expert in building software integrations and frameworks
- Someone that has a good grasp of software architecture, technical leadership, and industry best practices
- A fluent programmer in at least one common language (Go (preferred), C#, Python, Java, )
- A BS in Computer Science (or equivalent) and at least 5 years work experience
- Designed, built, shipped, monitored, and supported a tool or system used by other engineers at Roblox scale (1000+ engineers)
- Researched, proposed, and implemented a new technology or process with measurable positive impact
- Experience building integrations with common 3rd party development tools, such as: GitHub, Perforce, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, TeamCity, Artifactory, Nexus, NPM, Nuget, Grafana, Kibana
- Experience working with common cloud technologies: Hashistack (Nomad, Vault), Kubernetes, Docker
- Produced concise documentation, tutorials, or examples that were consumed by engineers
What the job involves
- The Engineering Efficiency Tools and Infrastructure team provides tools and services to enable engineers to develop and test software that can be delivered to production quickly and efficiently while maintaining an exceptional level of quality
- Our customers are our coworkers, and you will work with engineers across Roblox to design build and maintain the tools and test infrastructure they need. You will work on projects at every stage of the pipeline, improving the CI experience all the way through to load testing the deployment in production
- As a team, we believe in fast iteration and are biased toward action while keeping the long view. We have numerous exciting projects ahead of us for the years to come, including but not limited to:
- Building entire integrated solutions for Roblox with regards to cross-service validation during CI/CD
- Building a platform for recommendations based on risk and coverage
- Design and developing innovative visualization tools
- Building framework libraries and new services
- Provide technical decision making and help guide the development team
- Design software and code every day
- Report into the Sr. Manager of Frameworks and Tools
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.
While the platform does face scrutiny over users safety (particularly given its young audience) the company's efforts to strengthen parental controls and open dialogue through initiatives like its new Parents Council signal a growing commitment to addressing these challenges. At the same time, its financial performance and creator-focused investments underscore a business in very strong health. With record payouts to developers, an expanding older player base, and a platform that increasingly rewards creative talent, Roblox's trajectory remains one of innovation and impressive growth.
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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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