Senior Software Engineer, Creator Services Translation

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

Salary: $243,290–$295,250 USD annual base pay

Company

Roblox builds a platform and tools for creators to develop immersive 3D digital experiences for a global community.

What you will do

• Design and build highly scalable systems for creator service localization.
• Own localization pipelines covering content detection, translation, serving, and rendering across text, images, audio, and other media.
• Expand language families and locales, support real-time localization, and improve translation quality.
• Solve full-stack problems spanning clients, game engines, backend services, and machine learning models.
• Lead product areas and projects from technical design through launch and iteration.
• Collaborate with product, design, partner teams, and the creator community to evolve localization products.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience designing and leading implementation of scalable, reliable distributed backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with microservices.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as C#, C++, Go, or Python.
• Ability to drive cross-functional projects and deliver long-term technical solutions.
• Ability to work from the San Mateo office Tuesday through Thursday

Nice to have

• Deep understanding of C++.
• Familiarity with game engines.
• Familiarity with machine learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation eligibility.
• Employee benefits are available in addition to base pay.
• Work involves cross-functional collaboration and solving technical challenges at scale.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable recruiting accommodations are provided.