Software Engineer, Frontend - Economy
About The Position
The Software Engineer, Frontend will join Roblox’s Economy team, which builds products and systems that support creator earnings and help users discover, buy, and express themselves through virtual goods. The role involves creating experiences used by users and creators across web and mobile, working on features with significant economic impact and broad visibility. The engineer will partner with product, design, data science, machine learning, and backend teams, while taking ownership of features from scoping through launch and growing toward leading larger projects. Roblox is building tools and a platform for its global community to create immersive digital experiences. This role contributes to that mission by delivering polished, high-performing, accessible, and well-tested frontend experiences, including personalization and data-driven features. The position is based onsite at the San Mateo, California headquarters on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional office presence on Monday and Friday, unless otherwise noted.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of experience building production web or mobile frontends.
- Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript and a modern frontend framework; React is preferred.
- Strong user-experience intuition and ability to identify and address problems in an experience.
- Experience working on consumer-facing products.
- Curiosity and comfort with ambiguity, including asking good questions and contributing ideas that help shape project direction.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field, or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with e-commerce, marketplaces, monetization, personalization, or experimentation.
- Comfort contributing to backend services.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship polished, high-performing experiences used across web and mobile.
- Create tools that help creators grow their businesses and reach the people who will love what they make.
- Bring personalization and data-driven features to life in partnership with machine learning and data science teams.
- Write performant, accessible, and well-tested code; instrument features, run experiments, and iterate based on results.
- Own features end-to-end, from scoping through launch, and grow toward leading larger projects.
- Partner with product, design, and engineering to turn strategy into delightful user experiences.
Benefits
- Equity compensation for full-time employees.
- Benefits are described on the company's benefits page; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
