Roblox Principal Software Engineer at Roblox leading architecture and design of collaboration workflows in Roblox Studio and platform. Focus on C++ codebases, game engine experience, and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
Plan and deliver complex technical features E2E in our game engine and in the Studio UI that will allow developers to grow in our community
Establish the foundational architecture and technical direction that will enable Studio to keep expanding its capabilities
Work cross functionally, across teams and technology platforms to deliver high quality and amazing user functionality
Lead by example and mentor engineers to implement technological best practices, patterns, and strategies
Improve the product quality by fostering automation testing
Participate in building the world's best professional application for massively multiplayer game development
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.
Annual Salary Range
$295,250—$345,040 USD
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.
Qualification
Required
Familiarity how version control systems work under the hood is a plus
Familiarity with file storage systems or network protocols
Familiarity with the internals of database systems, is also a plus
Preferred
Familiarity with version control systems internals
Familiarity with file storage systems or network protocols
