New Grad Software Engineer, Roblox
Game Engine Programmability, 2025
$150.1k
+ Equity
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming & entertainment platform
Open for applications
Online gaming & entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$150.1k
+ Equity
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help connect and bring together people from around the world through play.
Role
Who you are
- Passionate about developing software development environments, especially for game developers
- Proficient in C++ and familiar with a variety of significantly different programming languages
- Think exposure to different paradigms, not just half a dozen flavors of Java
- Useful to have: experience working with and/or implementing more sophisticated type systems (OCaml, Haskell, Idris, TypeScript, Flow), experience developing APIs and tools, game development, Lua or Luau programming knowledge and compiler development experience
- Responsible: You build systems that work and keep on working optimally
What the job involves
- You will work with us on the design and implementation of Luau, the embedded scripting language in the Roblox engine
- Developers on the Roblox platform rely on our team to deliver a comprehensive set of development tools, an ultra-fast multithreaded runtime, and a state of the art gradual type system to power those development tools
- Positively impact the lives of millions of developers daily by improving the design, performance, safety, usability, and accessibility of their developer tools. You will report to the Game Engine Programmability team
- Help our team continue to develop an innovative gradual type system for Luau that leverages key ideas from the past few decades of programming languages research including semantic sub-typing, e-graphs, and type functions
- Develop new language features that extend the realm of what’s possible and what’s productive for our creators while retaining Luau’s identity as a language built around small, powerful and reusable primitives
- Improve the usability of the type system for all users, ranging from beginners who are unfamiliar with what types even are to professional developers with decades of experience
- Collaborate with engineers across several engineering organizations ranging from the teams developing Roblox’s application in Luau to the teams developing the Roblox Studio IDE for creators to the engine itself
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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