Roblox

Principal Software Engineer, Creator Hub

Roblox
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2 days ago
San Mateo, CA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$295k - $345k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical direction, architecture, and end-to-end delivery for major Creator Hub product initiatives.
  • Partner with Product, Design, and engineering leadership to shape roadmaps, evaluate tradeoffs, and create technical plans.
  • Design and evolve full-stack solutions, including backend services, APIs, and data models for creator-facing experiences.
  • Drive technical alignment across teams, resolve dependencies, and influence architectural decisions.
  • Mentor engineers, strengthen technical ownership, and improve engineering quality and execution.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping user-facing products.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong backend engineering experience designing production services, APIs, and data models using languages such as C#, Java, Go, or Python.
  • Experience building full-stack products with modern web technologies such as TypeScript and React or similar frameworks.
  • Experience serving as a technical lead and driving delivery across multiple engineers and partner teams.
  • Product-minded, hands-on, pragmatic, collaborative, and able to navigate ambiguity and make technical tradeoffs.

Benefits

  • Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
  • Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.
  • The position is based at Roblox headquarters in San Mateo, California when applicable.
Roblox

About Roblox

5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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