Senior Software Engineer, Creator Services Translation
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
About this role
**Senior Software Engineer — Creator Service Translation (Roblox)** Roblox is building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience to life—connecting a billion people with optimism and civility. **About the Creator Service Translation team** The Creator Service Translation team powers worldwide gaming experiences. We own localization sources (text, images, audio, etc.) and the full localization pipeline for detection, translation, serving, and rendering. As a **Senior Software Engineer**, you’ll design and build highly scalable systems that help creators deliver experiences that feel native and seamless—expanding language families/locales, enabling real-time localization, enriching translation media types, and improving translation quality. **You have:** - **Experience:** 7+ years designing and leading implementation of highly scalable, reliable distributed backend systems; hands-on microservices experience. - **Knowledge:** Proficiency in one or more languages (C#, C++, Go, Python, or similar). Deep C++ knowledge is a plus; familiarity with game engines and machine learning are a plus. - **Curiosity:** Passion for industry trends and new technologies, applied innovatively to practical problems. - **Strong teamwork:** Ability to drive cross-functional projects and deliver curated technical solutions. - **Long-term mindset:** Willingness to build for the long term—design choices remain optimal years into the future. **You will:** - Tackle challenging full-stack problems spanning client, game engine, backend services, and ML models. - Own product areas/projects end-to-end: technical design, execution, launch, and iteration based on feedback. - Partner closely with product, design, and partner teams to maintain high execution quality and pace. - Gather community feedback proactively and respond quickly to evolve products and deliver exceptional value. **Pay & location notes** - **HQ (San Mateo, CA) roles:** Annual base pay range **$243,290 — $295,250 USD** (actual base pay depends on factors like background, experience, location, and market demand). Equity and benefits are also available. - Office roles are **onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday** (optional presence Monday/Friday unless otherwise noted). Roblox is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process.
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