Principal Backend Engineer - Equity Options, Creator Tools

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 295,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Backend Engineer to own mission-critical services and help scale the core systems that power the Roblox ecosystem for creators.

You will lead technical decision-making, drive development across distributed backend components, and work with cross-functional teams to push the boundaries of what is possible.

The role is based in San Mateo, CA with a base pay range and equity opportunities described on the careers page.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience.
• Experience with distributed systems: stream processing, data pipelines, queues, RPC, retry strategies.
• 3+ years of experience in C#, Java, Go, or any other object-oriented language.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical decision-making and guide the development team.
• Lead engineering and development for our services and systems at a massive scale.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-team leaders to push the boundary of what is possible.
• Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle.

Skills

Distributed systems

OO languages (C#, Java, Go)

Native code

Cross-platform

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Backend Engineer to own mission-critical services and help scale the core systems that power the Roblox ecosystem for creators.

You will lead technical decision-making, drive development across distributed backend components, and work with cross-functional teams to push the boundaries of what is possible.

The role is based in San Mateo, CA with a base pay range and equity opportunities described on the careers page.