Principal Software Engineer, Ads Experience
About The Position
With Roblox’s daily active users growing at a record pace (now over 150+ million), we are seeking a Principal Engineer to join the our Ads Experience team to help build the next generation of immersive Ads on the platform. Our team sits at the core of advertising product engineering at Roblox, serving billions of ads to millions of daily users, while providing advertisers and creators the tools to run successful ad campaigns. This team is architecting the Ads engine that will power the next era of the Roblox economy. You won't just be building an ad system; you'll be defining a first-of-its-kind product that seamlessly connects brands and creators on Roblox's immersive platform. This is a foundational role where your technical vision will directly shape a multi-billion dollar business vertical, delivering real value to our developer community and opening up exciting opportunities for global brands.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience developing a wide-array of software products
- Demonstrable skill with frontend and backend technologies such as: React, Typescript, Javascript, Go, Java, C#
- Experience with REST, API design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservices
- A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field
- Passionate about working on Immersive ads at Roblox
- Inspired to create memorable user experiences
- Focused on writing clear, readable, testable, modular, and monitored code
- Excited about working on large-scale, consumer-facing mobile and web applications
- Data-driven with a focus to provide quality metrics and monitoring
- Collaborative and excel at working in teams, inspiring others, and driving projects collectively.
Nice To Haves
- Preferably worked in the Ad space and worked on Ad Management systems
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with teams across the company to translate ambitious business goals into a concrete, multi-year technical roadmap for ad monetization, ensuring alignment with community values and user experience.
- Build the services and tools responsible for managing complex ad campaigns
- Be a technical leader for the team and mentor junior engineers
- Help recruit future talent for the team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
