Roblox
Principal Software Engineer
San Mateo, CA, United States · Principal · Full-time
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About the role
- Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
- 8+ years of working experience and experience in building, maintaining and evolving large scale distributed systems.
- Passion about mentoring junior engineers, with the ability to earn their respect and help them stretch themselves to build great software and level up their technical knowledge.
Requirements
- Demonstrated understanding of all the components that are required to build modern, large-scale infrastructures.
- You hold a BS in Computer Science or related fields; Masters degree or higher is a definite plus.
Compensation
- $295,250 - $345,040 USD
Benefits
- Work with our business partners to determine the vision and roadmap, and lead the project execution end-to-end.
- Follow and expand our vision to put the Roblox community first and get things done.
- A love of learning, and a drive to pick up new technologies as the landscape evolves.
Visa & Work Authorization
- For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
This listing is sourced directly from Roblox's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.