Senior Software Engineer, Consumer App Foundations

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 195,780 - 242,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the performance and stability of client applications across all platforms. You will collaborate closely with various teams to define and implement strategies for performance improvement, investigate performance issues, and promote best practices for development.

Ideal candidates should have more than 5 years of experience in complex consumer applications and strong expertise in C++, multithreading, and optimization techniques.

The position is full-time, based in our San Mateo office, and offers a salary range of $195,780 to $242,100 USD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working on complex consumer applications for Android, iOS, macOS or Windows.
• Strong expertise in C++, multithreading, and system programming for one or more platforms.
• Proficiency in performance benchmarking, profiling and optimization.
• Experience with Lua or other scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Work with numerous teams to define and implement plans to improve performance and stability.
• Identify new opportunities, build roadmaps, and drive execution of projects.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and partner with teams for resolution.
• Improve performance telemetry to detect and resolve performance regressions.
• Promote best development and testing practices.

Skills

C++

Multithreading

System Programming

Performance Benchmarking

Lua or other scripting languages

Job description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

The Consumer App Foundation team works on core software components and solutions to make Roblox client applications more responsive, stable, and resource efficient on all supported platforms – mobile, desktop, and consoles. As Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will work on improving application performance, size, battery efficiency, and stability. You’ll report to the Engineering Manager on the Consumer App Foundation team.

You will:

• Work with numerous teams to define and implement plans to improve performance and stability of Roblox client applications across all supported platforms
• Identify new opportunities, build roadmaps, scope and drive execution of development projects
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and partner with other teams on their resolution to make our applications run lightning fast on any device
• Improve performance telemetry to detect and resolve performance regressions
• Promote best development and testing practices to maintain stability and performance of the application

You have:

• 5+ years of experience working on complex consumer applications for Android, iOS, macOS or Windows
• Strong expertise in C++, multithreading, and system programming for one or more platforms.
• Proficiency in performance benchmarking, profiling and optimization
• Experience with Lua or other scripting languages

Annual Salary Range

$195,780 — $242,100 USD

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job‑related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full‑time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.