Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity - Roblox
San Mateo, CA
About the Job
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
The Source Code Management team delivers a world-class development experience to our 2000+ Roblox teammates who write, build, and ship the most incredible virtual experience platform in the world. As a Senior Software Engineer within our Engineering Efficiency Org, you will be deep in the middle of transforming development at Roblox from its proven roots to a fully scaled, globally mature, AI-powered development, code review and CI environment. Are you enthusiastic about boosting engineering efficiency? Join us to make a company-wide impact with designs, code, and decisions that transform how things are done.
You Will:
- Support, scale, and redefine Roblox’s source code search, storage, review, and CI infrastructure for the next 10 years of growth.
- Improve your colleagues' work experience by developing new local tools, internal web applications, and microservices. In addition, build reusable CI workflows, efficiency metrics toolchains, and integrations with first and third-party tools.
- Lead and coordinate projects to improve efficiency and user experience in our Source and CI tools across Roblox engineering, impacting all engineers.
- Introduce new AI and innovative technologies to improve Roblox engineers' daily work. This will increase efficiency and reduce effort, while reigniting their passion for software engineering.
You Have:
- A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with a minimum of 4+ years of work experience.
- Led end-to-end development, launch, and support of a tool or system used by other developers at scale (2000+ of engineers).
- Experience working with common cloud and hosting technologies, particularly AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Hashistack (Nomad, Vault, Terraform).
- Fluency in at least one common language (C#, Go, Python, Java).
- Deep knowledge of source control and/or CI tools and infrastructure. GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Copilot experience are a plus.
You Are:
- Passionate about the developer experience, backed by deep technical knowledge, productivity tooling experience, and a customer-focused mindset.
- Experienced working cross-functionally at scale, collaborating with teams across a company to bring solutions together.
- A proactive team leader excited to mentor junior developers and level the team up through evangelism of standard methodologies and collaboration.
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. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.
