Roblox

Senior Software Engineer, Video Rendering

San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time

H1B sponsorship available$243k-$295kDetected 14 hours ago

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64Sponsors, lottery-bound

Cap-exempt (no lottery)0

Sponsors this role100

Entry-level history0

PERM / green-card track0

Lottery odds (Level IV)94

Fits your clock70

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H-1B wage level

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Level IV · 4×

Level I$137,0931 entry

Level II$165,1312 entries

Level III$193,1493 entries

Level IV$221,1874 entries

This range already reaches Level IV — the maximum four lottery entries.

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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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 37 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 79%

Of 38 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 8 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 496 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

70 transfer filings in the last year, covering 70 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

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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 Video Team is responsible for adaptive video playback and rendering, screen recording, camera capture, live video, video ads, video transcoding, and moderation.
This is a hands-on role focused on Android with the opportunity to work across all the areas.

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, develop, use AI/LLMs, optimize, and debug video capture, encoding, playback, and rendering focused on the Android platform using NDK APIs like Vulkan and AMediaCodec.
Collaborate with different teams all across Roblox to develop new uses of video.
Be guided to create state of the art video tech for gaming industry
An experienced engineer with 8+ years of designing, developing, and debugging complex C++ applications running on Android.

Compensation

$243,290 - $295,250 USD

Benefits

Innovate, architect, and implement our vision for video in a 3D immersive environment.
Have the opportunity to work on our backend microservices

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.

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