Frontend Engineer, Economy — Own Global UX & Growth

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

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer for its Economy team in San Mateo, CA. You will build frontends for a consumer-facing platform used by millions, focusing on JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and strong UX instincts.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate with ML and data science, and ship high-quality, data-driven experiences across web and mobile. The role emphasizes producing polished interfaces, experimenting with personalization, and contributing to a scalable, safe digital economy

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience building production web or mobile frontends.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and a modern frontend framework (React preferred).
• Strong intuition for user experience.
• Experience working on consumer-facing products.
• Curiosity and comfort with ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Bonus: Experience with e-commerce, marketplaces, monetization, personalization, or experimentation, or comfort contributing to backend services.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship polished, high-performing experiences used by hundreds of millions of people across web and mobile.
• Create tools that help creators grow their businesses and reach the people who'll love what they make.
• Bring personalization and data-driven features to life in partnership with ML and data science.
• Write performant, accessible, well-tested code, instrument your features, run experiments, and iterate based on what you learn.
• Own features end-to-end, from scoping through launch, and grow toward leading larger projects.
• Partner with product, design, and engineering to turn strategy into delightful user experiences.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

User experience

Consumer-facing products

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer for its Economy team in San Mateo, CA. You will build frontends for a consumer-facing platform used by millions, focusing on JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and strong UX instincts.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate with ML and data science, and ship high-quality, data-driven experiences across web and mobile. The role emphasizes producing polished interfaces, experimenting with personalization, and contributing to a scalable, safe digital economy