Senior Software Engineer, Creator Services Translation

Roblox•San Mateo, CA

7d•$243,290 - $295,250•Onsite

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. The Creator Service Translation team is the heartbeat behind our worldwide gaming experiences. We own a broad spectrum of localization sources including text, images, audio, etc, as well as the full localization pipeline for content detection, translation, serving and rendering. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build highly scalable systems to help creators to continuously deliver experiences that feel native and seamless. You will help us to expand the language families and locales, support real-time localization, enrich translation media types, and improve the translation quality to be industry-leading for Roblox. Join us if you thrive on cross‑functional collaboration, care about the craft of language, and want to shape how millions of players experience our worlds, and everywhere in between.

Requirements

7+ years of experience designing and leading implementation on highly scalable and reliable distributed backend systems.
Hands-on experience in microservices.
Proficient in one or more programming languages (C#, C++, Go, Python or similar programming language).
Strong teamwork skills, able to drive cross-functional projects and collaborate with teams to deliver the most curated technical solution.
Willingness to take the long-term view to build the system, with design choices and technical solutions that are usually still optimal multiple years into the future.

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of C++ is a plus.
Familiarity with game engine is a plus.
Familiarity with machine learning is a plus.

Responsibilities

Tackle and solve challenging full-stack problems that touch the client, game engine, backend services and machine learning models.
Own product areas and projects from technical design, execution, launch, and quick iteration based on feedback.
Work closely with product, design, and partner teams to maintain high execution quality and pace.
Proactively gather community feedback and respond swiftly to their needs, ensuring our products evolve to deliver exceptional value.