Roblox · 3 months ago
Senior Frontend Engineer- Messaging
San Mateo, CA, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$193K/yr - $239K/yr
7+ years expRoblox is a platform that empowers a global community of developers and creators to build immersive digital experiences. As a Senior Frontend Engineer in Messaging, you will be responsible for creating engaging user communication experiences and ensuring safe interactions within the platform. This role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance communication features for millions of users.
3D TechnologyGamingMetaverseOnline GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Build the next gen software & systems to support Roblox's massive user growth, while supporting the existing systems that can already handle millions of concurrent users
Shape how the next generation of internet users interacts safely in the metaverse
Define and build platform features to support product teams across the company in ensuring safety in every aspect of real time communication at Roblox
Collaborate with product and design to push the boundary of what is possible
Use best programming practices, optimizing code to be performant
Help recruit future talent for the team
Qualification
Required
7+ years industry experience building and supporting highly available and large-scale distributed fault tolerant services in production environments
Experience orchestrating and integrating ML models with product use cases
2+ years of experience using big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark and Airflow
Fluent in backend software development
Proficient in Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL or other database technology at scale
Experienced with low-level operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale
Well-versed in networking protocols (HTTP, UDP, GRPC, WebSockets)
Familiar with Python, C#, TypeScript, Lua, or Go
Responsible: you build systems that work and keep on working reliably. You are thorough in your designs, rigorous in handling potential failure cases, and diligent in automated testing
Analytical: Excited to investigate large, ambiguous problems, and quantify the problems and the solutions
Versatile: you're a jack of all trades and you have mastered one or more object oriented languages and technologies already; you can easily adapt to any situation when the need arises and come up with the right solution
Creative: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems and driving new tools/functionality for our end users and game developers
Team-oriented: You are able to work well as part of a team and know how to collaborate with all participants to develop the best solutions. Able to write clear design specs, mentor junior engineers, and guide projects from beginning to end
Data-driven focused on quality metrics and monitoring
Experienced with a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 8 years of hands-on experience
Benefits
Equity compensation
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Company
Roblox
Roblox is an online gaming and entertainment platform that offers a shared digital experience that brings people together through play.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$874.45MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzAltos Ventures
2024-10-01Post Ipo Equity
2022-04-12Series Unknown· $17.71M
2021-08-11Series Unknown
Leadership Team
David Baszucki
CEO & Founder
Michael Guthrie
CFO
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