4 hours ago
San Mateo, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$243k - $295k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and ship 3D engine systems for avatar and environment geometry, including mesh processing, level of detail, transcoding, streaming, and runtime loading.
- Partner with Rendering, Avatar, Studio, and external developer teams to ensure features are usable in Roblox experiences.
- Profile and improve game-engine performance across devices, especially mobile devices.
- Drive projects from definition through implementation, rollout, and production impact.
- Mentor engineers and help maintain high standards for technical quality and code health.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional experience building and shipping high-performance systems in game engines, real-time simulation, robotics, AR/VR, or similar domains.
- Deep proficiency in C++ and experience writing clean, efficient, maintainable code in large codebases.
- Hands-on production experience with real-time 3D rendering, mesh or geometry processing, level of detail, animation/skinning, spatial data, 3D asset pipelines, or GPU/client performance.
- Experience balancing CPU/GPU time, memory, loading latency, visual quality, and frame-time stability on constrained platforms such as mobile or console.
- Demonstrated ability to drive ambiguous work end to end, including defining approaches, implementing solutions, rolling them out, and managing production consequences.
- Ability to collaborate across teams and explain complex technical topics to different audiences.
Benefits
- Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
- Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence Monday and Friday.
- For roles based at Roblox headquarters in San Mateo, CA, the annual base salary range is $243,290-$295,250 USD.
Tech Stack
Categories
Gaming
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.