Roblox · 2 days ago
Principal Software Engineer - Game Engine Systems
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$294K/yr - $343K/yr
8+ years expRoblox is a platform that empowers users to create and connect through immersive digital experiences. As a Principal Engineer on the Engine Networking Team, you will lead efforts to ensure real-time communication and smooth experiences for players in a multi-player game environment.
3D TechnologyGamingMetaverseOnline GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Lead engineers with 8+ years of industry experience
Understand the game networking with a passion for working with open source
Be experienced with asset loading, rendering, and networking coming from a Game Engine/Studio. (Desirable)
Be an amazing systems-level C++ programmer and be fascinated by the actual work the CPU does when you use smart pointers, templates, virtual functions, and blocks of memory, both structured and raw
Have a keen to each millisecond of the network exchanges: You know where the time goes and how to reduce the waste
Understand what happens on the operating system level when certain code is completed
Worked on the guts of a multi-player game engine, solving problems related to scale, performance, latency, and throughput in client/server environments
Worked on a very large multithreaded distributed system that connects millions of users worldwide
Worked on the devices Roblox supports - from desktop clients to mobile phone clients to console clients
Qualification
Required
Lead engineers with 8+ years of industry experience
Understand the game networking with a passion for working with open source
Be experienced with asset loading, rendering, and networking coming from a Game Engine/Studio
Be an amazing systems-level C++ programmer and be fascinated by the actual work the CPU does when you use smart pointers, templates, virtual functions, and blocks of memory, both structured and raw
Have a keen to each millisecond of the network exchanges: You know where the time goes and how to reduce the waste
Understand what happens on the operating system level when certain code is completed
Worked on the guts of a multi-player game engine, solving problems related to scale, performance, latency, and throughput in client/server environments
Worked on a very large multithreaded distributed system that connects millions of users worldwide
Worked on the devices Roblox supports - from desktop clients to mobile phone clients to console clients
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
Founder and CEO
Michael Guthrie
CFO
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