Senior Software Engineer, 3D Graphics & AI Pipelines

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with a deep background in 3D computer graphics and engine development to join the ML Data Pod within the Foundation AI team. You will build the foundational infrastructure that powers our next-generation AI capabilities.

As the AI landscape shifts toward spatial and 3D generation, you will help unlock the Roblox engine as a scalable platform for synthetic data generation and shape how we represent 3D data to train state‑of‑the‑art 3DGen

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping complex, production‑grade software systems.
• Deep expertise in 3D computer graphics, rendering pipelines, and game engine architecture.
• Strong proficiency in systems programming (e.g., C++) with a proven track record of writing highly optimized, scalable code.
• Experience extracting, modifying, or manipulating programmatic data from within a complex engine environment.
• Strong communication skills with a demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between machine learning researchers and low‑level systems engineers.
• Bonus: Familiarity with machine learning data pipelines, automated synthetic data generation, or 3D generative AI architectures.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize data at scale by leveraging the Roblox engine to procedurally generate high‑fidelity 3D datasets for training frontier 3DGen models.
• Collaborate closely with AI research scientists to translate model training requirements into engine features, and work with core engine teams to implement safely.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable graphics and engine‑level systems capable of generating diverse spatial and visual data.
• Drive technical direction for integrating synthetic data workflows into the existing engine architecture without sacrificing performance.

Skills

3D graphics

Rendering pipelines

Game engine architecture

C++

highly optimized code

ML data pipelines

data extraction/manipulation in engine

communication across ML researchers &低

Job description

Roblox is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with a deep background in 3D computer graphics and engine development to join the ML Data Pod within the Foundation AI team. You will build the foundational infrastructure that powers our next-generation AI capabilities.

As the AI landscape shifts toward spatial and 3D generation, you will help unlock the Roblox engine as a scalable platform for synthetic data generation and shape how we represent 3D data to train state‑of‑the‑art 3DGen