Senior Software Engineer, Roblox

Content Platform, Fullstack

$242.1-293.8k

+ Equity

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Java

C++

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Mateo, CA

Online gaming and entertainment platform

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Online gaming and entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Be an early applicant

$242.1-293.8k

+ Equity

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Java

C++

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Mateo, CA

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience: You have 7+ years of experience working on backend, distributed systems that are scalable and reliable. You have experience in architecting, designing and leading implementation of mission critical applications at scale
Knowledge: You are proficient in one or more programming languages (C#, Go, Java, C++, Python or similar programming language). You have a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field, Masters is a plus. Experience with Web Technologies (React, Typescript, Javascript) is a plus
Creativity: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems and envisioning ways to improve and grow the capabilities of the system. You have a vision for what can make a product great
Team-oriented mindset: You can work well as part of a team and know how to collaborate with all participants to develop the best solutions. You are happy to share your knowledge with everyone on the team

What the job involves

The Creator Content Platform Team provides a secure, scalable, and extensible foundation for ingestion, processing, storing, managing, and serving user content
As a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), you will design and build backend services & frontend to help game creators reach the broadest audience possible
You will help us build & scale large distributed systems, data processing and analysis pipelines, an access control system, Asset Management system, Open Cloud APIs all of which are central for all content created in Roblox
Work on the Roblox Asset Manager & Asset Access Control, allowing artists and creators to manage their content
Have the independence, opportunity and the end-to-end responsibility to design, build, test and deploy services within the Roblox ecosystem
Guide the future technical direction of the team and have impact on engineering
Be a technical bar-raiser for high code quality, architectural designs, and long-term approaches
Mentor and develop fellow engineers on the team
Design systems and services that are scalable and resilient
Collaborate with passionate, Engineers, Product Managers and other Roblox team members, cross-functionally

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.

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