Senior Software Engineer - Creator Version Control
Job Summary
Job Description
- 8+ years of experience with large-scale systems
- Experience with C++ codebases
- Experience with microservice architecture
- Experience with multithreading
- Understanding of networking primitives
- Ability to deliver end-to-end features
- Responsible for system uptime and performance
- Diligent in automated testing
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Familiarity with version control systems internals
- Familiarity with 3D scene and game development tools
- Familiarity with file storage systems
- Familiarity with network protocols
8 skills required
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 Senior Engineer with the Version Control team, you will be building tools and services on Roblox Studio and Roblox Cloud to improve workflows and version control for collaboration among teams of developers and artists in the Roblox community. The ideal candidate has back-end or full-stack development experience on large scale systems, enjoys solving complex software problems, has an interest in solving game development workflow problems at scale, and has a passion for mentoring other engineers on the team.
We believe that large collaborative teams are the future of building one’s imagination on Roblox and you will be designing and building features which unlock that vision. Join us in our mission to make collaboration development in the metaverse performant, social, and most of all fun!
You Are:
- Experienced: you have at least 8+ years experience and you've worked on deep and challenging problems with large scale systems along with experience in C++ codebases. You hold a BS or MS in Computer Science, or have equivalent practical experience.
- Understands Scale: Building highly available and scalable systems are your forte
- Hands-on: Experience with microsystem architecture, multithreading and have an understanding of networking primitives. Ability to deliver end to end and bring features from vision to life. Commanding grasp of what it takes to build performant user flows
- Responsible: you build systems that work and keep on working optimally. You are detailed in handling potential failure cases, and diligent in automated testing
- Curious: you want to learn, and stay up-to-date on technology developments
- Collaborative: Excellent interpersonal skills and follow-through
You Will:
- Plan and deliver sophisticated technical features E2E in our game engine and backend systems that will allow developers to grow their productivity
- Establish the foundational architecture and technical direction that will enable Roblox to keep expanding its creation capabilities
- Work multi-functionally, across teams and technology platforms to deliver high quality and amazing user functionality
- Lead by example and mentor engineers to implement technological standard methodologies, patterns, and strategies
- Improve the product quality by encouraging automation testing
- Participate in building the world's best professional application for massively multiplayer game development
Bonus:
- Familiarity how version control systems work under the hood
- Familiarity with 3D scene and game development tools and workflows
- Familiarity 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.
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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