Principal Software Engineer, Creator Collaboration

About the Role

Roblox Studio is a world-class cloud IDE that facilitates instant synchronization between game developers using our flagship Team Create product. As a Principal Engineer with the Collaboration team, you will be reporting to the engineering manager, leading the architecture and design of workflows on Roblox Studio and our platform enabling Creators and AI agents to collaborate at scale by creating, sharing, and managing reusable content.

You Will

• Plan and deliver complex technical features E2E in our game engine and in the Studio UI that will allow developers to grow in our community
• Establish the foundational architecture and technical direction that will enable Studio to keep expanding its capabilities
• Work cross functionally, across teams and technology platforms to deliver high quality and amazing user functionality
• Lead by example and mentor engineers to implement technological best practices, patterns, and strategies
• Improve the product quality by fostering automation testing
• Participate in building the world's best professional application for massively multiplayer game development

Qualifications

Required

• 8+ years experience working on deep and challenging problems with large scale systems along with experience in C++ codebases
• BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with microsystem architecture, multithreading, and an understanding of networking primitives
• Ability to deliver end to end and build performant user flows
• Rigorous handling of failure cases and diligence in automated testing

Preferred

• Game engine experience
• Familiarity with how version control systems work under the hood
• Familiarity with file storage systems or network protocols
• Familiarity with the internals of database systems