Senior Hardware Systems Engineer, Roblox
$189.1-233.8k
+ Equity
3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA,)
Online gaming & entertainment platform
Be an early applicant
Online gaming & entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$189.1-233.8k
+ Equity
3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA,)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help connect and bring together people from around the world through play.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field with equivalent practical experience
- Hands on with: 3+ years hardware engineering and test/validation experience
- In-depth knowledge of modern data center server platforms & technologies
- Experience testing CPU, memory, storage, power, and networking subsystems
- Experience with Linux systems and shells, daemons, and processes
- Experience with programming languages, like Python or Go
- Skilled at debugging server issues, often remotely
- Decisive and effective at tracking issues and resolution
- Someone with solid interpersonal skills
- Communicative: Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Willing to travel from time to time
What the job involves
- As a member of the Infrastructure Foundation Hardware Engineering team, you will play a key role in enabling our mission to deliver a reliable, high-performing, and cost-efficient infrastructure that powers the world’s play
- In this role, you’ll be responsible for firmware qualification, integration, and troubleshooting, while also implementing systems to automate critical tasks and ensure reliable and secure infrastructure
- Assist in the evaluation and certification of new server hardware platforms primarily focused on qualification and integration with existing automation systems
- Drive a culture of platform security through continuous firmware deployment
- Enable platform hardware security and encryption technologies such as TPM, SED, TCG Opal, etc
- Work with internal and external collaborators to investigate, triage, and debug hardware and system issues down to the component and firmware level
- Collaborate with hardware vendors and provide feedback for future product development
- Sustain engineering efforts to ensure our firmware are always up to date
Our take
While online gaming is no longer a revolutionary concept, Roblox has established itself as a leader in the industry by creating a gaming toolbox that encourages quality game creation, which it pays developers for.
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.
The experiences on the platform are made by Roblox's over three million creators, and are available on a range of devices from PC to Xbox to Oculus, and more. The company has grown at an impressive rate, and has been keen to adopt new developments in the tech world, for example with its real-time AI translation for players to interact outside their native tongue.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$520m
SERIES H
Feb 2020
$150m
SERIES G
Total funding: $922.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401k
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
David Baszucki
(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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