Software Engineer, Engine Systems
Required skills
- C++
- diagnostic instrumentation
- systems level programming
- production-quality code
- platform-level systems
- stability
- reliability
- performance
- hangs
- crashes
Nice to have
- C#
- Objective C
- Rust
- vendor-specific limitations
- hardware limitations
- user experience
Role summary
Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer for its Engine Systems team to build core diagnostic instrumentation. This role involves developing and maintaining systems for monitoring and analyzing Roblox's engine, from hardware to user experience, to improve performance and stability for millions of users. The engineer will work with C++ and other systems-level languages, contributing to platform-level systems that detect and resolve issues like hangs, crashes, and performance regressions. The position requires 1+ years of experience, comfort with systems programming, and a long-term mindset. The role is hybrid, based in San Mateo, CA, with a salary range of $168,680 - $212,490 USD.
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 Software Engineer on the Engine Systems team, you will help build the core diagnostic instrumentation for Roblox’s engine. In this role, support and build the systems that allow us to monitor and analyze Roblox from the hardware level all the way up to end user experience to improve Roblox for our millions of concurrent users.
You will contribute to platform-level systems that help Roblox understand hangs, crashes, performance regressions, and session health across our supported clients. This work requires navigating hardware and vendor-specific limitations across devices, while building reliable systems that help engineering teams safely ship weekly binary updates to Roblox at global scale.
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Please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future F-1 or H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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$168,680—$212,490 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.
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Design a Delayed Payment Scheduler Service
system designmedium - 2
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system designhard - 3
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system designmedium - 4
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system designmedium - 5
Design a Resource Loader in a Game Engine
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