Senior Software Engineer, Creator Core Systems (Backend Distributed Systems)

Location: San Mateo, California, United States; office attendance is required Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.

Salary: $243,290–$295,250 USD annually, plus equity compensation and benefits.

Company

Roblox develops a platform for creating and experiencing 3D digital worlds, supporting a global community of developers and creators.

What you will do

• Design, build, test, and deploy backend services within the Roblox ecosystem.
• Develop scalable and resilient distributed systems, data processing and analysis pipelines, access control systems, and Open Cloud APIs.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for mission-critical services and solve complex technical challenges at scale.
• Guide the team's technical direction and raise the bar for code quality, architecture, and long-term engineering practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and other Roblox teams.
• Mentor and develop fellow engineers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience working on scalable and reliable backend or distributed systems.
• Experience architecting, designing, and leading implementation of mission-critical applications at scale.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, C++, or Python.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
• Ability to solve complex problems strategically and collaborate effectively across teams.
• For this US-based role, certain US visa categories may not be supported, and future H-1B sponsorship is not available at this time.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation and benefits.
• Opportunity to influence engineering direction and build systems used across the Roblox platform.
• Collaborative environment involving engineers, product managers, and other cross-functional partners.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process.