Senior Network Transport Engineer — Real-Time Gaming Networking

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Onsite in San Mateo

Job summary

Roblox is hiring a Senior Network Transport Engineer for the Engine Networking Team in San Mateo, CA. You will help ensure real-time, synchronized game state communication across millions of players and devices.

The role focuses on a high-performance, scalable network stack integrated with Roblox’s game engine, with responsibilities spanning multiple platforms and architectures. You have 7+ years in game networking within a game engine/studio, strong C++ systems skills, and expertise in Linux

Qualifications

• Seven+ years of experience in game networking from a game engine/studio.
• Deep understanding of network stack with a passion for open source.
• Strong systems-level C++ programming experience and knowledge of CPU/memory behavior.
• Experience with Linux networking, QoS, congestion control algorithms.
• Understanding OS-level behavior when code executes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure real-time communication of game state to all players across the Roblox platform.
• Work across the game platform to coordinate networking for a near-synchronous experience.
• Improve latency, throughput, and reliability of the network stack in large-scale multi-user environments.

Skills

Game networking

C++ systems programming

Multithreading

Open source

Performance optimization

CPU/memory understanding

Job description

Roblox is hiring a Senior Network Transport Engineer for the Engine Networking Team in San Mateo, CA. You will help ensure real-time, synchronized game state communication across millions of players and devices.

The role focuses on a high-performance, scalable network stack integrated with Roblox’s game engine, with responsibilities spanning multiple platforms and architectures. You have 7+ years in game networking within a game engine/studio, strong C++ systems skills, and expertise in Linux