Senior Software Engineer - Content Understanding & AI

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

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in San Mateo, CA to develop full-stack solutions for the Content Understanding Platform, enabling scalable AI-powered content discovery, moderation, and generation.

You will train, evaluate, and deploy ML models, build backend systems for real-time search and discovery, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship production-ready innovations that empower millions of creators and users.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of programming experience in at least two languages (Python, C#, C++, Java).
• Exposure to frontend technologies and frameworks such as React or Angular.
• Practical experience crafting and scaling backend systems in cloud environments.
• Confirmed expertise across the stack, including backend development to deploying ML models in production environments.
• Familiarity with image or 3D object understanding, ideally within gaming or content creation industries.
• A “get stuff done” mentality with a readiness to solve challenges.
• A strong foundation in computer vision, AI, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Solve full-stack challenges to improve how AI, creators, and users describe and get along with content, including images, 3D models, audio, text, and video.
• Craft and build scalable pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying machine learning models to support content annotation and discovery.
• Develop robust backend systems to power real-time search, discovery, and powerful generative AI features.
• Blend innovation with practicality, applying the latest AI research to build impactful, production-ready solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and multi-functional teams to deliver bold technical projects.

Skills

Programming experience

Frontend technologies

Backend cloud systems

ML deployment in production

Computer vision & AI foundations

Result-driven mindset

Deep learning frameworks

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in San Mateo, CA to develop full-stack solutions for the Content Understanding Platform, enabling scalable AI-powered content discovery, moderation, and generation.

You will train, evaluate, and deploy ML models, build backend systems for real-time search and discovery, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship production-ready innovations that empower millions of creators and users.