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Principal Software Engineer, Virtual Products Growth

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Hybrid
San Mateo, CA
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
San Mateo, CA
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
As a Principal Software Engineer, lead high-impact projects, collaborate with teams to enhance creator tools, and ensure a scalable platform.
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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.

What You’ll Do:

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Virtual Products Growth team, you will help drive a healthy and ever-growing creator economy at Roblox. Our mission is to create new revenue streams for our creators and support their quest in building delightful experiences on top of our platform.

We are looking for someone who can work with product managers and data science on end-to-end requirements to develop and maintain a scalable, secure, and reliable platform for our creators to thrive. As we are responsible for a large portion of the company’s revenue, you will drive projects with high impact and visibility.

You will:

  • Lead projects with the highest economic impact and visibility.
  • Work cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and designers to identify growth opportunities, and translate them into requirements and roadmaps.
  • Drive engineering solutions that scale to billions of products and transactions in a reliable and secure manner.
  • Mentor and help recruit future talent for the team.


You Have: 

  • 8+ years of experience successfully shipping multiple products, with 2+ years acting as a tech lead. 
  • Experience with front end technologies and frameworks.
  • Expertise with back end technologies – building and supporting large scale, distributed systems.
  • A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or equivalent experience 

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.

Annual Salary Range

$289,460$338,270 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ: 
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

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 for all candidates during the interview process.

Top Skills

Back End Technologies
Distributed Systems
Front End Technologies
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Roblox San Mateo, California, USA Office

3150 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA, United States, 94403

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