Roblox · 4 hours ago
Senior 3D Artist
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$163K/yr - $200K/yr
6+ years expRoblox is a platform for immersive digital experiences created by a global community of developers and creators. The Senior 3D Artist will craft high-quality environments and support the development of immersive experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive creative and technical solutions.
3D TechnologyGamingMetaverseOnline GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Craft immersive environments and layouts directly in Roblox Studio, applying a holistic understanding of 3D space and flow across natural and architectural schemes
Develop lighting direction to establish mood, readability, and emotional tone, while establishing next-generation time-based lighting setups and atmospheric effects
Support character and in-world object development, prototyping models within your environments to ensure spaces are optimized for performance and expression
Execute rapid prototyping in fast iteration cycles, building playable worlds quickly to support experimentation, playtests, and live launches
Drive cross-functional partnership with strategy, creative leads, engineering, and design to ensure creative goals are technically achievable while surfacing feedback on engine limitations
Accelerate partner production by providing hands-on guidance to external creators and identifying reusable patterns, assets, or workflows to inform future creator-facing tools
Contribute to platform evolution by exploring new platform primitive types and optimizing lighting and material textures for both visual impact and technical scalability
Qualification
Required
6–10+ years of experience in game development, interactive media, or immersive environments with a proven ability to move quickly from concept to playable world
Artistic mastery in 3D environment art, lighting, materials, and world composition, with a strength in emotive-driven storytelling
Substantial experience across 3D art types, with the ability to stretch technically and creatively across characters, vehicles, and props in addition to world-building
Real-time fluency and a deep understanding of proprietary engine rendering constraints, effects, and performance optimization
High-speed proficiency in environment modeling and texturing tools such as Blender, Maya, and Substance Painter/Designer
Broader technical knowledge of the world-building stack, including character, animation, physics, and an understanding of how AI/automation will impact 3D art
A collaborative R&D mindset, comfortable working in ambiguous environments and packaging execution into structured, scalable solutions
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
Recent News
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2026-01-15
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