Senior Software Engineer (Machine Bootstrap)

Location: United States; roles based at the headquarters in San Mateo, California are onsite Tuesday through Thursday, with optional office presence on Monday and Friday.

Salary: $196,750–$243,290 USD annual base pay

Company

Roblox builds tools and infrastructure that enable developers and creators to create shared 3D digital experiences for a global community.

What you will do

• Lead the Machine Bootstrap pod and evolve provisioning and fleet management at massive scale.
• Build and operate MAPI, the Machine API that turns raw capacity into production-ready infrastructure.
• Deploy BIOS updates, firmware updates, and configuration changes across hundreds of thousands of machines.
• Improve provisioning performance to rebuild machines from scratch within minutes.
• Evaluate and integrate GPU servers, AI accelerators, and other hardware platforms into the provisioning pipeline.
• Collaborate with Compute, Networking, and Cloud teams across the machine lifecycle from rack-and-stack to production.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience with distributed systems and infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent field.
• Strong proficiency in Go, C, C++, Rust, or another systems programming language.
• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems used by other engineering teams.
• Experience building high-performance automation and developer-friendly APIs at fleet scale.
• For US-based roles, candidates must already have appropriate US work authorization; certain visa categories may not be supported.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with PXE/iPXE, DHCP, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, and OS imaging.
• Deep low-level systems experience.
• Interest in modern server hardware, GPU servers, AI accelerators, and cloud infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on infrastructure supporting hundreds of thousands of machines across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and company benefits.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable recruiting accommodations are provided.