Principal Software Engineer, Roblox
Studio
$338.3-391.6k
+ Equity
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming and entertainment platform
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Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$338.3-391.6k
+ Equity
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: you have at least 10+ years experience and you've worked on deep and challenging problems with large-scale systems such as game engines, along with experience in C++ codebases
- A degree in Computer Science, or have equivalent practical experience
- Built systems responsibly in a way that ensures they work reliably
- You are rigorous in handling potential failure cases, and diligent in automated testing
- Curious: you want to learn, and stay up-to-date on technology developments
- Collaborative: you have excellent communication skills and follow-through, and enjoy mentoring others
- Familiar with file storage systems or network protocols (Bonus)
What the job involves
- The Creator Studio pod at Roblox is seeking a leader to help us build the future of our internal and external developer ecosystem and be responsible for the success of experienced developers
- You will build solutions that benefit both, ultimately uniting our toolchains, and delivering wins and features to create a best-in-class development experience
- If you thrive off building systems like package managers, linters, providing a first-class end-to-end debugging experience, and diving into low levels of our game engine to create powerful developer APIs, this role is for you
- Help drive the technical strategy of delivering a first-class developer experience for internal and external creators
- Plan and deliver complex technical features E2E in our game engine and in the Studio UI that will allow internal engineers and external creators to grow in our community
- Extend our architecture to enable new internal use cases to be built on technology our creators use today
- Work cross functionally, across teams and technology platforms to deliver high quality and amazing user functionality
- Lead by example and mentor engineers to implement technological best practices, patterns, and strategiesImprove the product quality by fostering automation testing
- Participate in building the world's best professional application for massively multiplayer game development
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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