Software Engineer, Economy Platform

Roblox•San Mateo, CA

2d•$153,120 - $196,750•Hybrid

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. Robux is Roblox’s virtual currency and it enables players to participate in our virtual economy and creators to earn a living. The Economy Platform team owns the systems powering these transactions, ensuring our global economy remains healthy, vibrant, and trusted. You will work on robust, extensible, and flexible systems involving purchasing, pricing, and payout systems that process billions of transactions and pay out hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Requirements

A passion for working on highly available and large-scale backend systems in production
Knowledge of REST, API design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservices
A data-driven focus on quality metrics and monitoring
1-3 years of experience in Software Engineering / Computer Science

Responsibilities

Have direct impact on the future direction of one of the largest virtual economies in the world and the largest social platform for play
Develop highly scalable, resilient systems for our creators to optimize their revenue within Roblox
Collaborate cross-functionally with product teams to identify and introduce new economic models