What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Creator Collaboration 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 Senior Engineer with the Collaboration team, you will be responsible for designing and building services to help game creators work together and collaborate creatively. You will be solving problems of scale, architecture, design, and communication to develop software which will allow larger and better collaboration between large teams of developers and artists in the Roblox community. One of the areas will be around our flagship Team Create product which enables creators to collaborate in real-time with friends and co-workers. The ideal candidate has full-stack knowledge, experience on large-scale systems, enjoys solving complex software problems and has a passion for mentoring other engineers on the team.
We believe that collaboration and large teams are the future of building one's imagination on Roblox and you will be designing and building features which unlock that vision. Join us in our mission to make collaboration development performant, social and most of all fun!
You Will:
- Help and understand the needs of the community that uses our software, from beginning artists to professional scripters and designers.
- Take ownership and responsibility for designing, building, testing, and deploying services within the Roblox ecosystem.
- Work on a variety of unique technical challenges within complex systems.
- Be a technical bar-raiser for high code quality, architectural designs, and long-term planning
- Mentor and develop fellow engineers on the team
You Are:
- An outstanding software engineer with 7 years shipping high complexity code
- Experienced architecting, designing and leading implementation of a wide array of software products
- Experienced supporting mission-critical applications at scale
- Proficient in C#, C , Java, Python or similar programming languages
- Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases at scale
- You understand the components required to build modern large-scale infrastructure. You can recommend one route versus another and bring engineers to an agreement.
- Expert in component-based libraries and frameworks with a commanding grasp of building performant user flows.
- Familiar with QT/QML, MFC, or other frameworks for desktop applications is a plus but not required.
Roles 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 package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Roblox 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.
