Principal Software Engineer, Virtual Economy Transactions

As a Principal Software Engineer you will help develop the virtual economy at Roblox and ensure that Developers and Creators can earn from their virtual products. Every time a purchase using Robux happens, it flows through Virtual Economy’s systems. Those purchases cover products developers sell in their experiences, avatar items, game passes, private servers among others. Those systems process billions of transactions per year. You will help scale our distributed systems while maintaining a safe and secure economy.

In this role, you will provide insights and reporting to all participants in the ecosystem (users, creators, sellers) so they can understand their sales, and how to grow. You will also evaluate ways in which complex development teams can distribute and share earnings across their contributors.

You Will:

• Develop backend services that scale to billions of products and transactions in a reliable, secure manner.
• Innovate on virtual economy in the metaverse and build the next generation of commerce in the metaverse
• Be a leader for the team ranging from junior engineers to industry veterans
• Work with multiple stakeholders to deliver multiple projects concurrently.
• Help recruit future talent for Roblox
• Have direct impact on the future direction of the largest social platform for play, delivering groundbreaking solutions allowing our development teams earn a sustainable living and build experiences for a global community of over 90 million daily active users

You Have:

• 9+ years of experience developing and supporting highly available and large-scale systems in production, including 5+ years of experience in consumer-facing products.
• 3+ years of experience leading large scale projects
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field, or equivalent experience
• Experience working in the gaming industry or monetization platforms is a plus, but not required

You Are:

• A Technical Leader: You have initiated and facilitated complicated technical solutions. You can make tradeoffs between short and long-term goals and get the buy-ins from the right stakeholders.
• Product Oriented: You have a proven record of understanding and bridging the gap between product and engineering vision. You take a creative and strategic approach to solving complex problems.
• Result Oriented: You identify ways to improve your and the team’s efficiency. You understand the need to move fast while making the right trade-offs.
• Team Oriented: You can work well as part of a team and know how to collaborate with all participants to develop the best solutions. You lift your peers and find ways to make the team stronger.
• A Cross-functional Wizard: You work well with cross-functional peers, communicating effectively and driving the project forward despite uncertainties.