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.
Roblox's web engineering team is at the heart of our Marketing, Brands, Education, and Safety initiatives! We're currently undertaking a major transformation of our website to rethink how we engage with our creators, approach prospective brands, and share our accomplishments. This involves an overhaul of both our web presence and marketing strategy.
We're a highly collaborative team of engineers, product managers, designers, and marketers seeking an experienced engineer to guide us on this journey.
As the Web Engineering Lead, you will drive the development and maintenance of:
You will:
- Develop and Deploy Features: Define and deliver a powerful web platform that empowers the creation of engaging, interactive, and impactful web pages.
- Technical Strategy & Execution: Lead the technical strategy for the web platform, focusing on performance, availability, reliability, accessibility, user experience, and development velocity. Actively contribute to implementing this strategy.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Marketing, Design, and Product teams to define strategy, roadmap, and timelines.
- Team Development: Onboard new team members and cultivate a culture of technical excellence.
- Frontend Platform Advocacy: Represent the needs of the web team within broader frontend platform initiatives related to build, deploy, and monitoring processes.
- Advocate for Accessibility: Build out web standards within the team with a focus on accessibility and inclusivity for our global audience.
You have:
- Web Development Expertise: Deep understanding of both static and server-side website architectures and technologies.
- CMS-driven Platform Development: Extensive experience leading the development of robust web platforms powered by Content Management Systems.
- Modern UI Frameworks: Proficiency with at least one modern framework like Angular, React, or Vue.js.
- Marketing Technology Stack: Experience working with tools like Google Analytics, Marketo, and Segment or other similar technologies.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Proficient in cloud platforms like AWS or similar.
- Technical SEO: Understanding of technical SEO principles and optimization techniques.
- Proven Leadership & Collaboration: Prior Tech Lead experience with a strong track record of collaboration with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders.
- Mentorship & Coaching: Experience in coaching and mentoring mid-level and senior engineers.
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.