Roblox
Senior Software Engineer - Engineering Acceleration
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$24,437 more — $221,187 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $221,187 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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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.
- If you are customer-focused and looking for an environment to challenge you, you'll be right at home within our experienced and expanding Engineering team.
- 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.
- Partner with our internal Engineering teams to gather requirements and develop our service management platform that fulfills the critical user journeys
- Create, influence, and improve the overall development and implementation of front and back-end applications that manage thousands of change rollouts everyday
- Collaborate with stakeholders and fellow engineering teams to come up with cross functional architectural designs tho be optimal for multiple years into the future
- Develop, mentor, and share best practices with our engineering teams to improve automation and efficiency
- Work with a global team of engineers who are building groundbreaking technology to achieve the Metaverse
- Designed, built, shipped, monitored, and supported tools and/or systems used by other engineers at Roblox scale (1000+ engineers)
- Designed and built tools at scale
- Knowledgeable and proficient in deploying common industry build/test/CICD technology
Requirements
- You are required to be in the office at HQ 3 days a week (Tues-Thurs).
- Experience with backend development and frontend development and best practices
- Experience with Docker, Containers, and CD Platforms
Compensation
- $196,750 - $243,290 USD
Benefits
- Work closely with managers to shape the team's vision and bring that to life
Company info
- Customer-focused, you enjoy the challenge of working with your customers to establish outstanding solutions that solve their toughest problems
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.