Principal Software Engineer, Roblox
Compute API
$283.8-331.6k
Eligible for equity compensation
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming & entertainment platform
Job no longer available
Online gaming & entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$283.8-331.6k
Eligible for equity compensation
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help connect and bring together people from around the world through play.
Role
Who you are
- Experience working on critical, large-scale distributed systems
- An appreciation of observability and instrumentation and tooling to make your life easier
- Prefer building systems automation over operational and repetitive tasks
- 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
What the job involves
- This role will report to the manager of the Compute API team and you'll be responsible for developing the API that all Roblox engineers use to create and deploy infrastructure resources
- Roblox operates a healthy number of clusters on-premise and in third-party clouds
- We want users to be able to deploy without needing to know all these pesky details
- We also support stateful services such as CockroachDB and Redis, which I just think is neat
- Build our Roblox-wide control plane using Kubernetes primitives (and plenty of custom resources)
- Work on the interface of the few hundred person infrastructure organization to the thousands of Roblox engineers
- Write and review high-quality code and tests (largely Golang)
- Work on a team that cares about inclusivity and shipping
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
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.
Insights
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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Founders
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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