Principal Software Engineer - Content Lifecycle
About The Position
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. As a Principal Engineer on Content Lifecycle, you will be leading the architecture and design of workflows on Roblox Studio and our platform enabling our community to collaborate at scale by creating, sharing, and managing reusable content. The ideal candidate has C++ and game engine experience, enjoys solving complex software problems and has a passion for mentoring other engineers on the team. We believe that collaborative teams are the future of building one’s imagination on Roblox and you will be designing and building features which unlock that vision. Join us in our mission to make collaboration at scale performant, frictionless, and most of all fun!
Requirements
- At least 8+ years experience and you've worked on deep and challenging problems with large scale systems in C++ codebases
- Worked on the guts of a multi-player game engine, solving problems related to scale, performance, latency, and throughput in client/server environments
- Experience delivering end-to-end on features that span multiple teams and technology platforms
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Nice To Haves
- Familiar with how version control systems work under the hood
- Familiar with 3D scene and game development tools and workflows
- Familiar with file storage systems or network protocols
Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver complex technical features E2E in our game engine and in the Roblox Studio 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
