Senior Network Transport Engineer - Real-Time Game Networking

Roblox Corporation; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 243,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox Corporation in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Network Transport to advance real-time multiplayer and scalable networking for billions of sessions.

You will work on a large distributed system, contribute to a user-space network stack, and drive performance in a cross-device game engine.

Join a team that ships high-scale networking features and helps enable immersive experiences for a global community.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in game networking from a game engine or studio.
• Strong systems-level C++ programming experience.
• Experience with Linux networking and congestion control is a plus.
• Experience with large-scale, multi-device platforms.

Responsibilities

• Ensure real-time game state communication across a large distributed platform.
• Collaborate across the engine, networking, and platform teams to optimize latency and throughput.
• Investigate and reduce network waste by profiling and tuning code paths.

Skills

Game networking

C++

Distributed systems

Linux networking

Open source

Job description

Roblox Corporation in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Network Transport to advance real-time multiplayer and scalable networking for billions of sessions.

You will work on a large distributed system, contribute to a user-space network stack, and drive performance in a cross-device game engine.

Join a team that ships high-scale networking features and helps enable immersive experiences for a global community.