Backend Engineer, Economy Platform (Scale & Payments)

EngRadar; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

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Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer for the Economy Platform at our San Mateo HQ. You will help build highly scalable backend systems powering one of the world’s largest virtual economies. The role focuses on reliability, performance, and data-driven decisions to optimize creator revenue.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to identify, prototype, and roll out new economic models, ensuring safe, civil experiences for billions of interactions.

Qualifications

• Experience with RESTful APIs and scalable backend architectures.
• Strong focus on reliability, monitoring, and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship features.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly scalable, resilient systems for the Economy Platform.
• Collaborate with product teams to identify and implement new economic models.
• Ensure security, reliability and performance for billions of transactions.

Skills

REST API design

Scalable backend systems

Data-driven metrics

Software Engineering basics

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer for the Economy Platform at our San Mateo HQ. You will help build highly scalable backend systems powering one of the world’s largest virtual economies. The role focuses on reliability, performance, and data-driven decisions to optimize creator revenue.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to identify, prototype, and roll out new economic models, ensuring safe, civil experiences for billions of interactions.