Principal Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer, User Connections

Overview

Principal Software Engineer on the User Connections team, defining backend systems for the social ecosystem (Friending, Profiles, and other social engagement), acting as a team lead and guiding the team's technical and product roadmap.

What you'll do

• Tech lead the engineering team.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable backend systems to support hundreds of millions of users.
• Enforce high quality standards throughout feature development and iteration.
• Collaborate with other engineering, product, and design teams to define and build platform features that enable users to express their identities.
• Mentor engineers and uplevel the team.
• Own critical features used by millions of users daily, such as profiles, names, online presence, and co-play tools.
• Develop new zero-to-one features.
• Drive company-level objectives for user engagement.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting highly available and large-scale distributed fault tolerant services in production environments.
• Extensive knowledge of server-side architecture and design principles, with proficiency in compiled languages such as C#, Java, C++, or others.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience with social products.

Details

• Based at Roblox HQ in San Mateo, CA (no remote option).
• Roles based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.
• Annual base salary range $295,250 to $345,040 USD, plus equity compensation and benefits for full-time employees.
• For US based roles only, the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.