Senior Software Engineer - Creator Collaboration

Roblox
San Mateo, US
On-siteVisa sponsorship

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers with C++ and game engine experience who thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams building creator tools.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers passionate about empowering creators through technical innovation.
    — “building workflows in Roblox Studio and our platform enabling creators and AI agents to collaborate at scale
  • Developers who enjoy solving complex problems in game engines.
    — “enjoys solving complex software problems
  • Candidates with experience in UI frameworks and 3D tools.
    — “Experience with UI frameworks like React, Cocoa, QT, or others is a plus

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work model requires onsite presence three days a week.
    — “Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
  • No H-1B sponsorship for this role.
    — “may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience with automation testing to improve product quality.
    — “Improve the product quality by fostering automation testing
  • Showcase projects involving 3D scene or game development tools.
    — “Experience with 3D scene and game development tools and workflows is a plus
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · IndividualLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • delivering complex technical features
  • improving product quality
  • building high-quality user functionality
Typical background
software engineeringgame developmentC++ experience

Skills & requirements

Required

C++Game Engine DevelopmentCollaboration With UX DesignersCross-functional Teamwork

Preferred

3D Scene DevelopmentAutomation Testing

Stack & domain

C++Game Engine

About the role

Original posting from 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.

Roblox Studio is the creation engine behind millions of immersive 3D experiences built by creators around the world. As a Senior Software Engineer focused on Collaboration, you’ll be building workflows in Roblox Studio and our platform enabling creators and AI agents to collaborate at scale by creating, sharing, and managing content. The ideal candidate has C++ & game engine experience and enjoys solving complex software problems.

We believe that collaborative 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 at scale performant, frictionless, and most of all fun!

You Will:

Plan and deliver complex technical features E2E in our game engine and in the Roblox Studio that will allow developers to grow in our community

Work with UX designers and Product Manager to come up with optimal solutions

Work cross functionally, across teams and technology platforms to deliver high quality and amazing user functionality

Improve the product quality by fostering automation testing

Participate in building the world's best professional application for massively multiplayer game development

You Have:

5+ years in developing and deploying user-facing applications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a similar technical field

1+ years of experience with C++ or another lower-level language

Experience with UI frameworks like React, Cocoa, QT, or others is a plus

Experience with 3D scene and game development tools and workflows is a plus

 

For 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 as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range$196,750—$243,290 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

Source: Roblox careers

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