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Job description
Roblox is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems — a full-time, based in San Mateo, CA role ($243k–$295k). Apply directly on Roblox's careers page below.
Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems
Location: San Mateo, CA, United States
Department: Software Engineering
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.
The Creator Content Team provides a secure, scalable, and extensible foundation for ingestion, processing, storing, managing, and serving user content. As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Distributed Systems), you will design and build backend services to help game creators reach the broadest audience possible. You will help us build & scale large distributed systems, data processing and analysis pipelines, an access control system, Open Cloud APIs all of which are central for all content created in Roblox.
You have:
- Experience: You have 7+ years of experience working on backend, distributed systems that are scalable and reliable. You have experience in architecting, designing and leading implementation of mission critical applications at scale.
- Knowledge: You are proficient in one or more programming languages (C#, Go, Java, C++, Python or similar programming language). You have a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field, Masters is a plus.
- Creativity: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems and envisioning ways to improve and grow the capabilities of the system. You have a vision for what can make a product great.
- Team-oriented mindset: You can work well as part of a team and know how to collaborate with all participants to develop the best solutions. You are happy to share your knowledge with everyone on the team.
You Will:
- Solve on a variety of unique technical challenges
- Have the independence, opportunity and the end-to-end responsibility to design, build, test and deploy services within the Roblox ecosystem
- Guide the future technical direction of the team and have impact on engineering
- Be a technical bar-raiser for high code quality, architectural designs, and long-term approaches
- Mentor and develop fellow engineers on the team
- Design systems and services that are scalable and resilient
- Collaborate with passionate, Engineers, Product Managers and other Roblox team members, cross-functionally
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 as described on this page.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
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. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the salary for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox?
The estimated salary range for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox is $243,000 - $295,000 USD per year.
What skills are required for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox?
The required skills for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox include: C#, Go, Java, C++, Python, API.
What is the seniority level for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox?
Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox is a Senior level position.
How do I apply for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox?
You can view the full description and apply for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems at Roblox on EchoJobs: https://echojobs.io/job/roblox-senior-software-engineer-creator-core-systems-cub96.