Senior C++ Software Engineer - Engine Distributed Data

About the role:

The Engine Distributed Data Team pulls the players together by ensuring the communication of the game state to all. You will help the players experience the game as a nearly synchronous world. Just as the nerves in our bodies coordinate our actions, the network system coordinates all the computers involved into a smooth experience for the players. You will work in all areas of the game platform in your quest for real-time communication of every part of Roblox.

You will:

• You will report directly into the Engineering Manager.
• You will develop network communication code that creates a smooth and real-time experience for Roblox users worldwide.
• You have 5+ years of industry experience
• You will work on a very large multithreaded distributed system that connects millions of users worldwide.
• You will work on all the devices Roblox supports - from desktop clients to mobile phone clients to console clients

You are:

• Amazing at systems-level C++ programming Fascinated by the actual work the CPU does when you use smart pointers, templates, virtual functions, and blocks of memory, both structured and raw.
• Knowledgeable about network protocols: You understand the messages exchanged during communication over these protocols
• Keen to understand each millisecond of the network exchanges: You know where the time goes and how to reduce the waste
• Multi-platform: You understand, across all platforms, what happens on the hardware-level when certain code is executed.
• Ready for a challenge: You are eager to tackle the hardest distributed networking problems in the world.