Senior Software Engineer - Game Engine Release Team - Roblox

San Mateo, CA

About the Job

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As a SeniorSoftware Engineer on the Engine Release Team, you will develop, optimize, and maintain mission-critical release tools while reporting to the Engineering Manager. Using the tools you and your team create, you will support all phases of the software development lifecycle, including multi-platform build and release systems, continuous integration, fast flag, and production canary systems. If you are passionate about delivering productivity and efficiency with development tools, you'll be right at home with our Engine development team.

You Will:

Develop game engine tooling around release processes, including desktop and server binary deployment, tooling for enabling features in production, and canary systems that can maintain availability
Design and develop automation tools for our production release process - delivering gameplay to millions of concurrent players with zero interruption
Maintain and improve the quality of our engine releases to have zero engine-related incidents
Improve integration between version control, release, and incident tracking tools
Collaborate with the team to improve overall engine release reliability and scalability
Develop engineer-facing engine portal to simplify process integration

You Have:

5+ years experience developing and maintaining build tools for engineering teams of 15 or more
Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, C++, and Typescript, and scripting languages including Bash and PowerShell
Proficiency with continuous integration and multi-platform development environments. We support development in multiple mobile and desktop environments
Familiarity with the challenges of working at scale and on constrained platforms like consoles or mobile devices

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Annual Salary Range

$218,540—$283,780 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love:

Industry-leading compensation package
Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
A rewarding 401k program
Flexible vacation policy
Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
At Roblox HQ:

Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Source : Roblox