Principal / Senior Software Engineer, Roblox
Observability
$267.7-331.6k
+ 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
$267.7-331.6k
+ 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
- 6+ years of working experience and experience in building, maintaining and evolving large scale distributed systems
- Experience with components that are required to build modern, large-scale infrastructures. You own end-to-end availability and performance of critical services to reduce operational overhead
- Experience picking up new technologies as the landscape evolves. Previous contributions to the Open Source Community is a big plus
- Passion about mentoring junior engineers, with the ability to earn their respect and help them stretch themselves to build great software and level up their technical knowledge
- A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; Masters degree or higher is a definite plus
What the job involves
- Work with our business partners to determine the vision and roadmap, and lead the project execution end-to-end
- Take full ownership of existing observability infrastructures, making sure they are scalable, reliable and easy to use, and meanwhile improve the existing infrastructures with new features and functionality
- Follow and expand our vision to put the Roblox community first and get things done
- Take the long view to architect the next generation Observability Infrastructures that can smoothly handle tens of billions active metric streams, and PBs of log and tracing data everyday
- Report to the Engineering Manager for Observability
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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