Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
You Are:
- Possess or pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Familiar with software engineering through school, internships, personal projects, or previous jobs.
- Proficient in one or more programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, C++, Lua, or others.
- Experienced with modern front-end frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.
- Skilled in building applications that serve users cross-platform, such as on Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS, or others.
- Passionate about building and shipping customer-facing user interfaces.
- Adaptable and thrives in uncertain situations, quickly becoming proficient in coding standards, tools, and effective methods.
You Will:
- Help build and ship outstanding features utilized by hundreds of millions of users.
- Collaborate with Product and Design teams to ensure technical solutions embody the shared team vision.
- Use best programming practices and optimize code for performance.
- Write and maintain unit and integration tests for the code you write.
Job Description
The engineers at Roblox tackle exceptionally challenging problems in tech today—distributed systems, real-time communication, 3D co-experience, massive data processing, social networking, rendering, physics, and more. As a Frontend Software Engineer, you will code with a user-first mentality, focusing on UI/UX details. You will work with a React-inspired UI platform. If you are motivated by crafting delightful user experiences and excited by learning new languages and technologies, this is the position for you.
Please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.