Principal Software Engineer, Virtual Products Growth Team

1 Month ago • 8 Years + • Product Management • $289,460 PA - $338,270 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Roblox is building the tools and platform to empower its community to bring their imagined experiences to life, aiming to connect a billion people. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Virtual Products Growth team, you will drive a healthy creator economy by creating new revenue streams for creators and supporting their quest in building delightful experiences on the platform. You will work with product managers and data scientists on end-to-end requirements to develop and maintain a scalable, secure, and reliable platform. This role involves leading high-impact projects, driving engineering solutions for billions of products and transactions, and mentoring future talent.
Must have:
  • 8+ years of experience shipping multiple products
  • 2+ years acting as a tech lead
  • Experience with front end technologies
  • Expertise with back end technologies
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Job Details

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.

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Virtual Products Growth team, you will help drive a healthy and ever-growing creator economy at Roblox. Our mission is to create new revenue streams for our creators and support their quest in building delightful experiences on top of our platform.

We are looking for someone who can work with product managers and data science on end-to-end requirements to develop and maintain a scalable, secure, and reliable platform for our creators to thrive. As we are responsible for a large portion of the company’s revenue, you will drive projects with high impact and visibility.

You will:

  • Lead projects with the highest economic impact and visibility.
  • Work cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and designers to identify growth opportunities, and translate them into requirements and roadmaps.
  • Drive engineering solutions that scale to billions of products and transactions in a reliable and secure manner.
  • Mentor and help recruit future talent for the team.

You Have:

  • 8+ years of experience successfully shipping multiple products, with 2+ years acting as a tech lead.
  • Experience with front end technologies and frameworks.
  • Expertise with back end technologies – building and supporting large scale, distributed systems.
  • A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science

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
$289,460$338,270 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office 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 for all candidates during the interview process.

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