Ads Platform Engineer — Equity Eligible, Scale-Driven Backend

Roblox

San Mateo (CA)

On-site

USD 153,120 - 196,750

Full time

14 days+
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Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer on the Ads Platform team to build foundational ads systems that scale to serve a massive user base. You will drive performance improvements across ads serving and delivery infrastructure and collaborate with ML, backend, and analytics teams to shape Roblox's ads future.

This role suits those who enjoy building data-driven applications, deliver maintainable code, and take ownership of projects from concept to production.

Qualifications

  • 1–3 years of software engineering experience (internships included) with production code delivery.
  • Strong programming skills in at least one modern language (Go, C#, Java, Python, or C++).
  • Solid CS fundamentals: data structures and algorithms, debugging complex issues.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship best-in-class Ads products used by hundreds of millions of users.
  • Develop backend services that scale to billions of products and transactions.
  • Dive deep into high-scale, complex backend performance challenges.
  • Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle.

Skills

Go
C#
Java
Python
C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related engineering field

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer on the Ads Platform team to build foundational ads systems that scale to serve a massive user base. You will drive performance improvements across ads serving and delivery infrastructure and collaborate with ML, backend, and analytics teams to shape Roblox's ads future.

This role suits those who enjoy building data-driven applications, deliver maintainable code, and take ownership of projects from concept to production.

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