Senior Frontend Engineer, Roblox
Social Graph
$192.9-238.5k
+ Equity
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Be an early applicant
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$192.9-238.5k
+ Equity
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for engineers who thrive on building scalable, developer facing and user-facing products that blend technical depth with creative impact
- 3+ years of experience as a front-end or client apps engineer working on complex user interfaces in close collaboration with product and design partners
- Experience working on large-scale consumer applications in React/Redux, React Native, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS and other platforms
- Knowledge of testing methodologies, including tools like Jest, React Testing Library or other comparable technologies
- Passion for quality user interfaces and user experience, experience working with that
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer in the Social Graph team, you’ll build social connection features to empower Roblox users to discover, search for, and connect with their real-life friends and interests on Roblox
- You will drive company-level objectives for friend co-experience and user retention
- Design and build engaging, high-performance social connection features across Roblox Platform
- Own projects end to end, from design and architecture to launch and iteration, driving measurable impact on friend co-experience and user retention
- Collaborate with engineers across product, safety, and infrastructure teams to define best practices and align on scalable solutions
- Identify gaps in performance, testing, and experimentation workflows, and lead improvements that make the team more effective and efficient
- Uphold high standards of technical quality and user experience while rapidly iterating on new features
- Contribute to a strong, inclusive team culture by helping refine processes, mentoring peers, and supporting each other’s success
- Help recruit and grow future talent who share our passion for building the next generation of social connection features on Roblox
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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