Senior Software Engineer, Roblox
Reliability Engine
$218.5-283.8k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming & entertainment platform
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Online gaming & entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$218.5-283.8k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help connect and bring together people from around the world through play.
Role
Who you are
- If you're excited by the challenge of solving complex, large-scale problems in the gaming world—especially in the realm of UGC, scale, and C++—and love working alongside passionate, experienced engineers, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive on our dynamic and growing game engine team
- 4+ years experience and you've worked on deep and challenging problems in complex Python codebases (C++ would be good to have)
- Telemetry expertise and a passion for accurate data and know what it takes to get the data right
- Systems-level understanding with pointers, templates, and raw blocks of memory are tools to write code, not your enemies
- Platform domain expertise where you can jump with ease between Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, and other platforms
- Curiosity to learn, and stay up-to-date on technology developments
What the job involves
- Join our Engine Reliability team as a Senior Software Engineer and make a direct impact on the very foundation of Roblox
- In this role, you'll be at the forefront of enhancing engine stability and reliability, particularly focusing on performance and crash metrics
- You'll develop innovative software solutions to detect, mitigate, and isolate engine incidents, automating processes to catch issues early and drive our reliability metrics to new heights
- Develop software to measure and alert on critical engine metrics and be able to automatically co-relate events with engine regressions
- Continuously iterate and learn from each engine incident, using those insights to innovate and create new software and tools that prevent future incidents
- Work on every application Roblox develops, from mobile phone clients to cloud-based servers
- Be expected to be on a call rotation with the reliability team
Our take
While online gaming is no longer a revolutionary concept, Roblox has established itself as a leader in the industry by creating a gaming toolbox that encourages quality game creation, which it pays developers for.
In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.
The experiences on the platform are made by Roblox's over three million creators, and are available on a range of devices from PC to Xbox to Oculus, and more. The company has grown at an impressive rate, and has been keen to adopt new developments in the tech world, for example with its real-time AI translation for players to interact outside their native tongue.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$520m
SERIES H
Feb 2020
$150m
SERIES G
Total funding: $922.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401k
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- 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
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
David Baszucki
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford before founding Knowledge Revolution in 1990, where they spent 9 years as CEO. They worked as VP of MSC.Software for 2 years, and started Roblox in 2005.
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