Remote Roblox Software Engineer: Live Ops & Gameplay

Voldex Games; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Stock options

Remote-first

Professional development

Job summary

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, the most exciting ecosystem in gaming today. Driving Empire continues to evolve, and as a Software Engineer you’ll contribute to live features shipped to millions of players.

You’ll work across disciplines with a team that values iteration, performance, and polish, shipping features end-to-end from design to release. Remote-first environment with collaboration across time zones, with opportunities for growth and impact on Roblox experiences.

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years of Roblox or relevant game development experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals and problem-solving.
• Experience shipping features or games in a production environment.
• Excellent communication, ownership, and collaborative mindset.
• Ability to work independently on feature development with moderate guidance.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with version control and collaborative development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and launch features that delight millions of players daily.
• Own and deliver gameplay features end-to-end, from implementation through release and iteration.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and provide reliable estimates.
• Write clean, performant, and maintainable Roblox Lua code aligned with team standards.
• Design and implement systems with consideration for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Partner with designers, artists, and producers to build high-quality gameplay experiences.
• Monitor live features, analyze performance, and address issues proactively.
• Identify and improve codebase quality, development workflows, and system reliability.
• Participate actively in code reviews and contribute to team engineering practices.
• Playtest features and proactively improve player experience (UX, responsiveness, polish).

Skills

Roblox development

CS fundamentals

Production experience

Communication skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Shipped Roblox games

Tools

GitHub

AWS

Golang

Snowflake

Tableau

Job description

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, the most exciting ecosystem in gaming today. Driving Empire continues to evolve, and as a Software Engineer you’ll contribute to live features shipped to millions of players.

You’ll work across disciplines with a team that values iteration, performance, and polish, shipping features end-to-end from design to release. Remote-first environment with collaboration across time zones, with opportunities for growth and impact on Roblox experiences.