Software Engineer, Engine Productivity
About The Position
As a Software Engineer on Roblox’s Engine Productivity team, you will build and maintain test infrastructure that helps keep Roblox’s engine code healthy. This includes code-coverage reporting, cross-platform unit-test harnesses (including PS4/5), the ReferenceClient, and the buck2 test system. Fast, trustworthy test signals are increasingly important as AI-assisted development increases the volume of code being generated. The role is based onsite at Roblox’s San Mateo, California headquarters Tuesday through Thursday, with optional office presence Monday and Friday. The starting annual base salary range for this location is $153,120–$196,750 USD. Full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of experience building software systems through internships or industry experience.
- Strong coding fundamentals in C/C++, with Python or a similar language for tooling, diagnostics, and data pipelines.
- Genuine interest in debugging and program internals, including build output, generated code, harness behavior, and runtime behavior.
- Conceptual familiarity with build configurations, including maintaining configurations for different purposes and understanding why they diverge.
- Strong data sense and the ability to assess whether data aggregation is well constructed and answers the right question.
- A track record of driving cross-organizational or cross-team initiatives to completion.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the code-coverage reporting pipeline, keeping full and patch-level coverage signal fast and trustworthy.
- Build additional diagnostics and reporting pipelines to surface the health of engine tests.
- Keep the unit-test harness healthy across platforms, including PS4/5.
- Maintain the ReferenceClient and help extend it into new integration-test scenarios.
- Ship improvements to the buck2 test system.
- Partner with senior and staff engineers to strengthen C++ unit testing.
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Benefits are referenced, but specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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