Senior Software Engineer, Roblox
Core Services
$243.3-295.3k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 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
$243.3-295.3k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 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
- 6+ years of experience building web services using Golang or similar language
- Experience building and operating K8’s clusters
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals (control plane, reconciliation loops, scheduling, networking)
- Experience building large scale distributed systems with focus on scalability, reliability, and availability
- Experience building or operating control-plane or orchestration systems (e.g., schedulers, workflow engines, or compute platforms)
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems fundamentals such as leader election, event-driven architectures, messaging/queuing, or distributed state management
- Experience designing systems that handle multi-region orchestration, failover, disaster recovery, or large-scale reliability challenges
- Experience with Oncall and in troubleshooting live site issues
- Experience leading cross team greenfield projects
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience writing Kubernetes Operators or custom controllers using Operator-SDK or control runtime (a plus)
What the job involves
- As a Senior Engineer within the team, you will own the development and management of core infrastructure, API stack, and microservices
- These components are essential for supporting a range of services and platforms within Roblox, including our studio environment
- Additionally, you will contribute to the development of tooling and frameworks for full-stack teams
- You will get the chance to take ownership of high RPS (requests per second) services, contribute to the re-architecture of systems to accommodate our company's growth, and collaborate with a diverse set of teams including Infra and the product teams within Roblox, leading initiatives, and making a significant impact across the company
- Report into the Core Services Organization
- Build, maintain, and scale systems to support our goal of 1 billion active users
- Design, develop and test Kubernetes controllers using Go
- Build and establish core infrastructure accessible to all Roblox teams
- Enforce high code quality standards, architectural designs, and long-term approaches as a gatekeeper
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
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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