1 day ago
San Mateo, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$295k - $345k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize network transport systems for Roblox’s real-time game platform.
- Solve scale, performance, latency, and throughput challenges in client/server environments.
- Work across desktop, mobile, and console clients and throughout the game platform.
- Analyze network exchanges and operating-system behavior to reduce latency and resource waste.
- Contribute to a large multithreaded distributed system connecting millions of users worldwide.
Requirements
- 10+ years of game networking experience from a game engine or studio.
- Experience building or working on a powerful user-space network stack at scale.
- Experience with large multithreaded distributed systems connecting millions of users worldwide.
- Experience supporting desktop, mobile phone, and console clients.
- Experience with game engines and understanding of how they work.
- Deep understanding of network stacks and interest in open source.
- Strong systems-level C++ programming experience, including smart pointers, templates, virtual functions, and memory management.
- Experience with Linux networking, QoS, and congestion control algorithms.
- Understanding of operating-system-level behavior and strong focus on reducing network latency.
Benefits
- Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and company benefits.
- San Mateo office roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence Monday and Friday.
- The listed base salary range is $295,250–$345,040 USD annually.
About Roblox
Roblox builds a platform for user‑generated 3D experiences, offering Roblox Studio for creators and a social marketplace where players explore and interact across devices. Its business model centers on virtual currency (Robux) and subscriptions, platform fees paid to creators, and an expanding advertising offering. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Roblox Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker RBLX.