Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Roblox

Account Identity

$196.8-243.3k

All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Lua

Golang

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

Online gaming and entertainment platform

Be an early applicant

Online gaming and entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Be an early applicant

$196.8-243.3k

All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Lua

Golang

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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
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

What the job involves

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
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

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.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

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.

Salary benchmarks

We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.

Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.

Share this job

View 173 more jobs at Roblox