Principal Software Engineer - Creator Collaboration

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

Establish the foundational architecture and technical direction that will enable Studio to keep expanding its capabilities

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

Lead by example and mentor engineers to implement technological best practices, patterns, and strategies

Improve the product quality by fostering automation testing

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

At least 8+ years experience and you've worked on deep and challenging problems with large scale systems in C++ codebases

Worked on the internals of a multi-player game engine, solving problems related to scale, performance, latency, and throughput in client/server environments

Experience delivering end-to-end on features that span multiple teams and technology platforms

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Familiar with how version control systems work under the hood

Familiar with 3D scene and game development tools and workflows

Familiar with file storage systems or network protocols

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 .