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Roblox · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer - Financial Platform, Wallets

positionSan Mateo, CA, United States
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff
money$294K/yr - $343K/yr
date10+ years exp

Roblox is a platform where millions explore, create, and connect through immersive digital experiences. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Wallets team, you will lead the design and execution of a secure wallet system, enabling seamless transactions with Fiat and Robux currencies, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance Roblox's financial capabilities.

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Responsibilities

Drive architecture and standards across teams, and lead the design and delivery of a bank-grade wallet and money movement platform with strong guarantees of correctness, auditability and reliability
Develop backend services that scale to billions of products and transactions
Work cross functionally with product managers, data scientists and designers to define requirements and roadmap
Help recruit future talent for the team and mentor junior engineers

Qualification

Backend developmentDigital wallet systemsAPI design patternsMicroservices architectureData-driven metricsClear code writingTeam leadershipMentoring

Required

Genuine passion about building Roblox's Economy
Focused on writing clear, readable, testable, modular, and monitored code
A data-driven focus to provide quality metrics and monitoring
Shipped large-scale, consumer-facing mobile and web applications
Knowledge with REST, GRPC, API design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservices
A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 10+ years of hands-on experience
Built or led production digital wallet/ledger systems where correctness and audit-ability mattered (e.g., transactions and money movement, reconciliation, KYC/KYB, payout/withdrawals and/or card issuing)

Benefits

Equity compensation
Benefits as described on this page

Company

Roblox

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Roblox is an online gaming and entertainment platform that offers a shared digital experience that brings people together through play.
dateFounded in 2004
location
San Mateo, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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https://corp.roblox.com

H1B Sponsorship

Roblox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (111)
2023 (139)
2022 (153)
2021 (91)
2020 (92)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$874.45M
Key Investors
Andreessen HorowitzAltos Ventures
2024-10-01Post Ipo Equity
2022-04-12Series Unknown· $17.71M
2021-08-11Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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David Baszucki
Founder and CEO
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Michael Guthrie
CFO
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