Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Service Networking
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.
- 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.
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.
- Design and build control-plane and data-plane capabilities for service discovery, routing, load balancing, and traffic policy using Envoy, Istio, and related technologies.
- Lead integration and migration across Kubernetes, Nomad, and cloud environments, with clear compatibility requirements and safe rollout plans.
- Partner with Security and application teams to deliver workload identity, mutual TLS, and traffic policy enforcement in production.
- Lead technical decisions across teams, write and review production code, and mentor senior engineers to expand their judgment and ownership.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, including leading substantial initiatives across teams.
- Expertise in service mesh, proxies, application gateways, or a closely related infrastructure domain, demonstrated through systems you have designed, shipped, and operated.
- A record of turning ambiguous problems into technical direction and coordinated execution, communicating tradeoffs clearly, and helping other engineers lead independently.
Requirements
- A strong understanding of networking fundamentals, service discovery, traffic management, failure isolation, and secure service communication.
Compensation
- $295,250 - $345,040 USD
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Benefits
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Flexible and supportive work policy
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
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.