Senior Software Engineer, Compute
Required skills
- Kubernetes
- Golang
- control plane
- distributed systems
- observability
- instrumentation
- custom resources
- K8s controllers
Nice to have
- API
- UX
- infrastructure
Role summary
Roblox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Cell Platform team. This role involves building systems that enable other Roblox engineers to create and deploy resources within a complex, hybrid, multi-cluster Kubernetes environment. The engineer will contribute to the control plane using Kubernetes primitives and custom resources, work on interfaces for the infrastructure organization, and write high-quality Golang code. The position emphasizes working on large-scale distributed systems with a focus on observability and instrumentation. The role is based in San Mateo, CA, with a hybrid work model.
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 senior software engineer on the Cell Platform team at Roblox, you will build systems that Roblox engineers use to create and deploy resources onto Kubernetes. Our engineers deploy their services in a complex, hybrid, multiple-cluster, K8s environment. The Cell Platform manages this complexity for our users, with tools, APIs, K8s controllers, and UX, simplifying infrastructure for our internal customers.
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For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range$196,750—$243,290 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
Sample Roblox interview questions
- 1
Design a Delayed Payment Scheduler Service
system designmedium - 2
Design a skill-based matchmaking system
system designhard - 3
Design a system for managing data versioning in a distributed environment.
system designmedium - 4
Design a system for real-time processing of user behavior data.
system designmedium - 5
Design a Resource Loader in a Game Engine
system designmedium
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