What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Software Engineer - Cloud API position at Roblox?
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.As a software engineer on the Cloud API team at Roblox, you’ll be responsible for developing the API that all Roblox engineers use to create and deploy infrastructure resources. Roblox operates a healthy number of independent clusters on-premise and in third-party clouds. We want users to be able to deploy their services without needing to know all these pesky details. We also support stateful services such as CockroachDB and Redis.You will : Lead and build our Roblox-wide control plane using Kubernetes primitives (and plenty of custom resources)Work on the interface of the few hundred person infrastructure organization to the thousands of Roblox engineersWrite and review high quality code and tests (largely Golang)Work on a team that cares about inclusivity and shippingYou have : A desire to work on critical, large-scale distributed systemsAn appreciation of observability and instrumentation and tooling to make your life easier8 years of experience as software engineerFor roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA : The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.Annual Salary Range$283,780—$331,640 USDRoles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).You’ll Love : Industry-leading compensation packageExcellent medical, dental, and vision coverageA rewarding 401k programFlexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy Roblox Admin badge for your avatarAt Roblox HQ : Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacksOnsite fitness center and fitness program creditAnnual CalTrain Go PassRoblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.
Salary : $283,780 - $331,640
