Roblox

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) - Repeat Offenders

San Mateo, CA US
USD 218k - 283k
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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.

Why Account Integrity?

Safety and Civility is Roblox's #1 priority and our mission is to keep Roblox secure from sophisticated bot attacks and bad actors. As a Senior Software Engineer(Backend) on the Account Integrity team, you will be part of the "Repeat Offenders'' pod. You'll be focused on building systems for real time detection of alternate accounts and make it difficult for bad actors to reoffend on Roblox. These systems are in the early Design phase so you will be a key contributor in architecture, design to roll out. If you are an engineer who is passionate about solving hard problems and building a highly scalable, high impact platform, then this is the team for you. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Account Integrity Team.

You Will

  • Help design and build backend services across large distributed systems
  • Solve complex graph problems across billions of edges
  • Partner with ML counterparts to help design/develop repeat offenders detection in real time
  • Manage end-to-end solutions from creation to deployment – including implementation, testing, deployment and observability
  • Help establish next-generation standards on the backend stack for the team

You Have

  • 5+ years of experience building highly-available and large-scale distributed backend services
  • 5+ years of experience building and shipping products to production
  • 5+ years of experience working on multi-person codebases, including open-source or personal projects
  • Expertise in compiled languages such as Golang, Java or C#
  • Familiarity with data pipelines and ETL
  • Focused on writing clear, readable, testable, and monitored code
  • Interest in user identity, bot mitigation or security
  • Passion for solving problems that haven't been solved before with a user-facing focus

You Are

  • Versatile: You are proficient in several programming languages and technologies. You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems
  • An Owner: You can balance contributions to multiple projects
  • Analytical: Excited to investigate large, ambiguous problems, and measure the problems and the solutions.
  • A Fast Learner: You can ramp up quickly, which is necessary to understand and solve problems
  • Team Oriented: You lift up your peers and find ways to make the team stronger
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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