Base Salary
$289k - $338k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead engineers on the Engine Networking Team.
- Improve game networking and asset loading to support nearly synchronous multiplayer experiences.
- Work across the game platform on real-time communication of game state and other platform components.
- Solve performance, latency, throughput, and scale challenges in distributed client/server systems.
- Optimize network exchanges and understand system-level CPU, memory, and operating-system behavior.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of industry experience.
- Experience leading engineers.
- Strong systems-level C++ programming skills, including understanding of smart pointers, templates, virtual functions, and memory.
- Experience with multiplayer game engines and client/server environments, addressing scale, performance, latency, and throughput.
- Experience with large multithreaded distributed systems connecting millions of users worldwide.
- Experience developing for desktop, mobile phone, and console clients.
- Experience with asset loading, rendering, and networking in a game engine or studio is desirable.
- Understanding of operating-system-level behavior and network-exchange performance.
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.
- The stated headquarters location is San Mateo, California.
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About Roblox
Roblox's vision is to reimagine the way people come together. Our mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. What is Roblox? Roblox is a platform where people come together virtually to share experiences. Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to learn, work, play, connect, communicate, and socialize in immersive digital experiences all built by a global community of creators. Powered by Creators Roblox is powered by a global community of millions of developers and creators who produce their own immersive multiplayer experiences each month using Roblox Studio, our intuitive desktop design tool. Any experience imaginable can be created on Roblox. How Popular? Roblox is ranked as one of the top entertainment platforms for audiences under the age of 18 based on average monthly visits and time spent (Comscore). Our popularity is driven purely by the community with millions of people signing up through word of mouth every month.