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Roblox · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer, Application Networking

Roblox is a platform where millions connect and create immersive digital experiences. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Application Networking team to build and manage networking systems for machine learning workloads, ensuring high reliability and performance.

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Responsibilities

Take ownership of critical networking components, transitioning them from proof-of-concept to production-ready systems capable of handling massive ML throughput
Build the observability, alerting, and tooling required to maintain 99.99% reliability for our ML clusters
Deep dive into Cilium and eBPF to squeeze maximum performance out of the network, reducing latency for training jobs
Collaborate with our technical leads to implement complex networking features, ensuring high code quality and robust design
Serve as a primary escalation point for complex network issues in the Kubernetes layer, troubleshooting across the stack (kernel, CNI, service mesh)
Act as a senior voice on the team, mentoring junior engineers and promoting best practices in testing, deployment, and reliability engineering

Qualification

KubernetesCiliumEBPFC/C++GoRustLinux networkingReliability engineeringMentoringCollaboration

Required

5+ years of experience, with a strong focus on running Kubernetes in production environments
Deeply knowledgeable of the Kubernetes networking model (CNI, Services, Ingress, Kube-proxy) and have managed clusters with significant traffic
Familiar with Cilium and eBPF and comfortable working with Linux networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing tables, iptables/nftables)
Excellent at taking a high-level architecture strategy and turning it into working, tested, and deployable code
Fluent in C/C++, Go, or Rust
Experienced with on-call rotations and approach infrastructure with a 'reliability-first' mindset

Benefits

Equity compensation
Benefits as described on this page

Company

Roblox is an online gaming and entertainment platform that offers a shared digital experience that brings people together through play.

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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2025 (240)
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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Anupam Singh
VP Engineering, AI Platform, Infrastructure
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