Principal Software Engineer, Backend - Sharing

Overview

Lead large, multi-team initiatives on the Sharing team, defining the platform-wide strategy that powers how millions of users capture, share, and discover content on Roblox.

What you'll do

• Own the outcome of complex, business-critical programs spanning several teams, often lasting years.
• Develop and drive a multi-year technical vision for content creation and sharing, anticipating scale, technology, and business evolution.
• Lead high-severity incident response across groups and drive durable systemic solutions that improve reliability and velocity.
• Improve shared infrastructure and foundational systems, introducing frameworks that uplift development speed across the organization.
• Align multiple teams on shared technical direction, producing detailed design docs, phased roadmaps, and planning models that balance short and long-term goals.
• Shape hiring, closing, and retention of top talent, and lead engineering excellence and quality initiatives across your group while mentoring senior engineers.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience building large-scale backend systems in C++, C#, Java, or similar languages.
• Deep experience designing distributed systems, scalable APIs, and high-throughput backend services.
• Experience working on consumer-facing platforms at scale with millions of users.
• A demonstrated track record of leading large, multi-team initiatives with long-term technical vision and group-level impact.
• Experience acting as an escalation point for the hardest production or infrastructure incidents, and a history of defining technical investment strategies with senior leadership.
• The ability to communicate effectively across audiences to enable sound decisions and model inclusive, respectful collaboration.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Details

• Location: San Mateo, CA, United States (headquarters).
• Roles based in the office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
• Annual base salary range: $295,250 to $345,040 USD. Actual base pay depends on factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand.
• Full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
• 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.