Senior Software Engineer, Engine Infrastructure

Location: San Mateo, California, United States; office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.

Annual base salary: $243,290–$295,250 USD.

Company

Roblox develops a platform and tools for creating and experiencing 3D immersive digital games and social experiences.

What you will do

• Develop C++ engine code for subsystems critical to the Roblox game engine.
• Build and maintain systems for server-client data synchronization and game-aware data streaming.
• Harmonize resource usage so gameplay works across devices with different CPU and memory capabilities.
• Work across Roblox applications, from mobile clients to cloud-based servers.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience working on deep and challenging problems in large, complex C++ codebases.
• Ability to work with system-level pointers, templates, and raw memory blocks.
• Experience working inside a game engine or strong passion for learning game-engine technology.
• Experience building reliable systems that continue to operate consistently.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn and stay current with technology development.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on high-performance, real-time systems used by tens of millions of people and more than 2 million developers.
• Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and company benefits.
• Roblox provides equal employment opportunities and reasonable recruiting accommodations for qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs.
• For US-based roles, the company may not be able to employ candidates whose US work authorization is tied to certain visa categories and does not support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.