Software Engineer, Creator Services Communication

About the Role

Roblox's Creator Services Communication Pod builds the communications infrastructure powering millions of experiences on the Roblox platform. The team tackles large-scale backend distributed systems and networking challenges, with projects spanning infrastructure, engine development, data pipelines, microservices, telemetry, game servers, and web UI/UX.

The team owns the Cross-server Messaging Service, developer APIs for external HTTP calls and player teleports, and Compute Functions for game logic and background processing. It is also building a Game Server Management product to unify developers' server observability and control.

Responsibilities

• Develop products and features that help creators build complex experiences, including live game operations at many-million-player scale.
• Support core systems governing player movement between game servers, inter-server communication, and integration with on- and off-platform services.
• Work across C++ game engines, Kafka streams, Flink jobs, Elasticsearch/Redis/ClickHouse databases, C# backend services, and React UIs.
• Own projects throughout their full lifecycles and collaborate on cross-company efforts.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience, with strong ownership in complex technical systems.
• Comfort working with systems-level programming languages such as C++, C#, Objective-C, Rust, or similar languages.
• Curiosity and eagerness to work across systems and understand the Roblox ecosystem end to end.
• A long-term mindset that considers the impact of work on the team and users.

Location and Compensation

• Full-time, salaried position based in San Mateo, California, within Early Career Talent.
• Office attendance is required Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; Monday and Friday attendance is optional unless otherwise noted.
• Expected annual base salary: $153,120–$196,750 USD. Actual pay depends on job-related factors and may fall outside this range; the range is subject to change.
• Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.

Application Notes

• Roblox may be unable to employ candidates with work authorization tied to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
• Applicants may redact age, date of birth, and attendance or graduation dates from their resumes.