Senior Software Engineer, Systems
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
About this role
**Senior Software Engineer, Systems** Roblox is building the tools and platform that empower its community to bring any experience to life—connecting a billion people with optimism and civility. **About the team** Portal, part of Roblox’s Engine Productivity team, builds productivity tools for the hundreds of engineers developing Roblox’s game engine, desktop clients, apps, and Roblox Studio. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll build the systems that bring AI agents into engine development workflows—helping decide where AI can meaningfully improve engineering productivity and taking solutions from early experiments to reliable tools engineers use every day. **You will:** - Own improvements to developer workflows, from identifying problems with engineers to designing and shipping productivity tools and measuring their impact. - Build AI agent sandboxes and harnesses written in C and Rust, along with the integrations and context agents needed to work effectively in Roblox’s C++ game engine codebase. - Partner with technical leaders across Roblox’s Engine and Infrastructure groups to deliver reliable tools and improve the daily experience of engineering at Roblox. **You have:** - 5+ years of software engineering experience working on projects from 0 to 1. - Experience owning substantial parts of a developer tool or system through design, launch, and ongoing operation. - Systems programming experience in C, C++, or Rust. - Experience with (or interest in) Web technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and/or React (huge plus). - Interest in AI-powered developer tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and Pi. - Ability to turn ambiguous developer needs into practical solutions, work independently, and learn unfamiliar tools and systems. - A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. **Compensation & location (HQ roles in San Mateo, CA):** - Starting base pay range: **$196,750 – $243,290 USD** (actual base pay depends on factors such as background, training, experience, location, and market demand). - Full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and benefits. **Work schedule:** - Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (optional presence on Monday and Friday, unless otherwise noted). Roblox is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process. For US-based roles only: the company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have certain US work authorization related to specific visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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