Roblox

Senior Backend Software Engineer - Content Music

San Mateo, CA
USD 218k - 283k
Microservices Go
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Description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As a Senior Backend Engineer in the Music pod within the Creator Content group, you will be a key player in our effort to help users engage with music they love and connect artists with an audience. You will have independence and autonomy in working on architecture, implementation and delivery of a platform for the community to discover, publish and create with music.

You Are

  • Experienced: 5+ Years of experience in building critically acclaimed consumer applications that impact millions of users' lives. 
  • Technical: Expertise in building scalable and robust backend distributed systems. You have worked with containerized backend microservices.
  • Product focused: You have experience working with stakeholders to build backends to support consumer-facing products. Experience involving user-generated content is a plus.
  • Passionate: You are driven to solve problems and passionate about building quality technical solutions that will last for years to come.

You Will

  • Author technical specifications with other engineers and teams to refine and translate product requirements into reality.
  • Develop and maintain our team’s backend services. Experience with C# is a plus.
  • Work with other engineering teams and particularly with the broader Content group to build technical systems that will last for years to come.
  • Mentor and pair with less senior engineers to scale your impact on Roblox.
  • Adhere to and expand our vision to put the Roblox community first, get things done, and take the long view.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.  All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
Annual Salary Range
$218,540$283,780 USD

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ: 
    • 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

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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