Design and build the core systems behind a high-performance desktop IDE: application startup ... Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and ...
Design and build the core systems behind a high-performance desktop IDE: application startup ... Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and ...
Senior Product Manager, Compute Platform
$144K - $190K/yr
Drive the evolution of our Compute infrastructure to support Roblox's most critical workloads - from AI to Storage to Data Analytics and more - each with their own distinct requirements. * Build and ...
Senior Product Manager, Compute Platform
$144K - $190K/yr
Drive the evolution of our Compute infrastructure to support Roblox's most critical workloads - from AI to Storage to Data Analytics and more - each with their own distinct requirements. * Build and ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
$119K - $163K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
$119K - $163K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
$119K - $163K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
$119K - $163K/yr
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Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$293K - $343K/yr
At Roblox, we're building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience ... Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is ...
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$293K - $343K/yr
At Roblox, we're building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience ... Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is ...
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform
San Mateo, CA ยท Remote
$153K - $206K/yr
Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is ... What You'll Do: Robux is Roblox's Virtual Currency: it's how Users buy virtual items and how ...
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform
San Mateo, CA ยท Remote
$153K - $206K/yr
Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is ... What You'll Do: Robux is Roblox's Virtual Currency: it's how Users buy virtual items and how ...
Senior Director, Generative AI About the Role Roblox Build is our generative creation product, the platform where creators design, build, and publish 3D experiences. We are looking for a Senior ...
Senior Director, Generative AI About the Role Roblox Build is our generative creation product, the platform where creators design, build, and publish 3D experiences. We are looking for a Senior ...
Roblox Level Designer
Los Angeles, CA ยท On-site
$30 - $45/hr
Design and build playable environments and levels within Roblox Studio, taking layouts from initial blockout through to polished, playable spaces. * Player Flow & Pacing: Craft experiences that guide ...
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Roblox Level Designer
Los Angeles, CA ยท On-site
$30 - $45/hr
Design and build playable environments and levels within Roblox Studio, taking layouts from initial blockout through to polished, playable spaces. * Player Flow & Pacing: Craft experiences that guide ...
Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
$139K - $183K/yr
Our team owns the data tooling that empowers Roblox builders to independently make informed and timely data-driven decisions. As an engineer on the team, you'll work on the platforms behind tools ...
Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
$139K - $183K/yr
Our team owns the data tooling that empowers Roblox builders to independently make informed and timely data-driven decisions. As an engineer on the team, you'll work on the platforms behind tools ...
Roblox teams are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership over the things they build. If you have a desire to grow and learn, you will fit right in with our highly-skilled and ever ...
Roblox teams are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership over the things they build. If you have a desire to grow and learn, you will fit right in with our highly-skilled and ever ...
At Roblox, we're building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any game that ... Design and build the core systems behind a high-performance desktop IDE: application startup ...
At Roblox, we're building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any game that ... Design and build the core systems behind a high-performance desktop IDE: application startup ...
Senior Product Manager, Compute Platform
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$280K - $330K/yr
Drive the evolution of our Compute infrastructure to support Roblox's most critical workloads - from AI to Storage to Data Analytics and more - each with their own distinct requirements. * Build and ...
Senior Product Manager, Compute Platform
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$280K - $330K/yr
Drive the evolution of our Compute infrastructure to support Roblox's most critical workloads - from AI to Storage to Data Analytics and more - each with their own distinct requirements. * Build and ...
Technical Director - AI Roblox Studio
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$399K - $457K/yr
Design and build the agentic AI systems at the core of the AI-Native IDE (planning, execution ... Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and ...
Technical Director - AI Roblox Studio
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$399K - $457K/yr
Design and build the agentic AI systems at the core of the AI-Native IDE (planning, execution ... Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and ...
Roblox teams are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership over the things they build. If you have a desire to grow and learn, you will fit right in with our highly-skilled and ever ...
Roblox teams are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership over the things they build. If you have a desire to grow and learn, you will fit right in with our highly-skilled and ever ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$196K - $243K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$196K - $243K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$196K - $243K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$196K - $243K/yr
Pioneer next-generation AI tooling to enhance the efficiency, cost, and usability of ML@Roblox. * Build and maintain core platform components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator ...
Senior Director, Generative AI About the Role Roblox Build is our generative creation product, the platform where creators design, build, and publish 3D experiences. We are looking for a Senior ...
Senior Director, Generative AI About the Role Roblox Build is our generative creation product, the platform where creators design, build, and publish 3D experiences. We are looking for a Senior ...
The Builder Tools team is in charge of Roblox Studio's content making features, from 3D draggers to world-class character animation tools, tooling for making terrain for huge worlds, in-game UI ...
The Builder Tools team is in charge of Roblox Studio's content making features, from 3D draggers to world-class character animation tools, tooling for making terrain for huge worlds, in-game UI ...
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$293K - $343K/yr
As a principal engineer on the database team, you will shape the architecture, build and launch ... Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and ...
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$293K - $343K/yr
As a principal engineer on the database team, you will shape the architecture, build and launch ... Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and ...
Senior Product Manager, Compute Platform San Mateo, CA, United States
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$280K - $330K/yr
Drive the evolution of our Compute infrastructure to support Roblox's most critical workloads - from AI to Storage to Data Analytics and more - each with their own distinct requirements. * Build and ...
Senior Product Manager, Compute Platform San Mateo, CA, United States
San Mateo, CA ยท On-site
$280K - $330K/yr
Drive the evolution of our Compute infrastructure to support Roblox's most critical workloads - from AI to Storage to Data Analytics and more - each with their own distinct requirements. * Build and ...
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| Aspect | Roblox Builder | Roblox Game Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Role | Constructs and assembles game environments and structures using Roblox Studio. | Designs game mechanics, gameplay, and overall user experience within Roblox. |
| Skills Required | Building, scripting basics, creativity, knowledge of Roblox Studio. | Game design, scripting, storytelling, user engagement strategies. |
| Work Environment | Roblox Studio, collaborative with developers and artists. | Design meetings, scripting sessions, testing environments. |
| Common Usage | Creating game worlds and assets. | Planning game features and gameplay flow. |
Roblox Builders focus on constructing the visual and structural aspects of Roblox games, while Roblox Game Designers develop gameplay mechanics and user experiences. Both roles often collaborate but serve distinct functions in game development.
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Technical Director, Roblox Studio
San Mateo, CA โข On-site
Full-time
Re-posted 8 hours ago
Key responsibilities
Own the technical direction of the Roblox Studio application and its creator tooling.
Design, build, and improve core systems such as application startup, editing, debugging, and frameworks for the Studio.
Set architectural and engineering standards, review design documents, and drive performance improvements across the Studio application.
Job description
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.
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital games - 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 game 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 games for everyone.
About the role: Roblox Studio is the creation engine behind millions of immersive 3Dgames built by creators around the world. It serves everyone from first-time developers to large professional studios, combining a powerful real-time engine with a deeply expressive toolchain.
Studio is a demanding piece of software in its own right-a high-performance desktop application and IDE that must stay fast and responsive while creators build, script, debug, and test increasingly complex worlds.
In this role, you will own the technical direction of the Studio application and its creator tooling. You will be accountable for the architecture, performance, and long-term success of Studio as a high-performance application and IDE. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role where you set the technical direction, design the architecture, write the code, and raise the bar across teams through influence and example.
You will:
- Define and lead the technical roadmap for the Roblox Studio application and toolchain, with a focus on performance, responsiveness, and extensibility.
- Design and build the core systems behind a high-performance desktop IDE: application startup, editing, the edit-test loop, debugging tooling, and the frameworks creators and internal teams build on.
- Lead by example as a hands-on individual contributor while setting architectural and engineering standards across Studio.
- Author and review design documents and technical specifications for foundational Studio features.
- Drive performance work end to end by profiling, finding real bottlenecks, and improving latency, memory, and throughput across the application.
- Partner closely with engineering, product, and design teams to deliver creator tooling that is fast, reliable, and intuitive.
- Bring reusable patterns and best practices to teams across Studio, raising the engineering bar of Studio as a whole.
You have:
- You have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field. An MS or PhD is a strong plus.
- 12+ years of engineering experience developing high-performance, large-scale C++ systems, including ownership of large, long-lived platforms.
- A proven track record in areas such as memory management, concurrency, data structures, or real-time systems.
- A strong background in creator tooling, developer tools, or IDE-like platforms, and an understanding of what makes these products fast, reliable, and pleasant to use.
- Experience building and optimizing high-performance client applications, with deep knowledge of how to keep a large desktop application responsive under real workloads.
- Strong systems and software engineering skills with the ability to design complex architectures and write production-grade code.
- A proven ability to set technical direction and raise quality across multiple teams as an individual contributor, influencing through technical expertise, mentorship, and clear communication with engineers and executives alike.
- Nice to have: Experience with graphics and real-time rendering.
- Nice to have: Experience building debugging and profiling tooling for developers.
You are:
- An innovative technical leader who wants to build the tools that power the creativity of millions.
- Product-minded, with a real understanding of developer needs and creator workflows, and how technical decisions land in the user experience.
- User-centric, starting with the end user and striving for performance, usability, and reliability whether building for internal engineers or external creators.
- Versatile and curious, fluent in C++ and comfortable working across a wide range of systems.
- Able to operate at the deepest technical levels and still communicate direction clearly to partners.
- A mentor and culture builder who uplifts those around you and fosters a culture of collaboration, technical rigor, and continuous learning.
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 as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range
$399,420-$457,970 USD
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
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. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About ROBLOX
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Industry
Software development
Company size
51 - 200 Employees
Headquarters location
San Mateo, CA, US
Year founded
2004