Senior Software Engineer - Game Engine Systems (C++)

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

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

Company

Roblox builds tools and platforms for immersive 3D experiences created by a global community of developers and creators.

What you will do

• Develop network transport systems that synchronize game state and support real-time communication across the Roblox platform.
• Design and optimize user-space networking for scale, performance, latency, and throughput in client-server environments.
• Contribute to a large multithreaded distributed system connecting millions of users worldwide.
• Support networking across desktop, mobile, and console clients.
• Work across the game platform and game engine to improve the player experience.

Requirements

• 7+ years of game networking experience in a game engine or game studio environment.
• Strong systems-level C++ programming experience, including memory, templates, virtual functions, and smart pointers.
• Deep understanding of network stacks and experience with Linux networking.
• Experience with QoS and congestion-control algorithms.
• Experience working on large-scale multithreaded distributed systems and game engines.
• Ability to work from the United States in the required office-based arrangement; certain U.S. visa categories may not be supported.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on technical challenges at the scale of a platform serving tens of millions of people.
• Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and company benefits.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations are provided during the recruiting process.