Senior Software Engineer, Virtual Economy Optimization (C++)
Job Description
- Experience with game development
- 6+ years of professional experience in consumer-facing applications
- 2+ years of experience with C++
- Interest in learning new technologies
- Collaborative mindset with Product Managers and Designers
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Equity compensation
- Benefits
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.
The Virtual Economy Optimization team, part of the Economy org, owns the platform and infrastructure that supports developer monetization systems within Roblox. As a Senior Engineer on our team, you will lead the work on building the next generation of In-Game Monetization to support millions of concurrent users within Roblox.
Beyond this scope, you will be involved with several additional systems also owned by the team such as:
- Price experimentation platform.
- Regional Pricing.
- Personalized Offers.
The systems above enable developers to monetize their games on Roblox, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year, while processing billions of transactions.
The ideal candidate is passionate about building outstanding user experiences with a deep knowledge of C++. You'll work with Roblox Game Engine (C++) technologies, driving optimal performance and user experience.
Experience with game development is especially translatable into this role, but not a strict requirement.
You Will:
- Design sophisticated client-server architectures to support 100 million concurrent users.
- Develop in-game APIs and Interfaces used by millions of developers in a reliable, secure manner.
- Optimize performance for developer and user-facing APIs.
- Work with product, data science, and design to help refine strategy and requirements.
- Be a tech lead for the team and mentor junior engineers
You Have:
- 6+ years of professional experience working on consumer-facing applications.
- 2+ years of experience with C++.
- An interest in learning new technologies
- A collaborative mindset to partner with Product Managers and Designers.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in a production environment.
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.
