Software Engineering Manager - Engine Networking
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
About this role
**Software Engineering Manager - Engine Networking** Roblox is building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience to life. The Engine Networking team delivers the game state and content needed for seamless multiplayer experiences in real time. As an Engineering Manager for Engine Networking, you’ll lead a team of engineers scaling Roblox’s game networking technology to support infinite players in infinitely sized worlds. **You Will:** - Be part of the leadership team, influencing direction and priorities across your teams and the larger Engine organization. - Own roadmaps, projects, problems, and outcomes across the full lifecycle. - Participate technically through hands-on coding, coaching, code review, technical review, and architectural guidance. - Hire, coach, and grow engineers into technical leaders, building a high-performing team with strong engineering practices. **You Have:** - 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership. - A track record leading teams building high-performance, low-latency systems (e.g., network infrastructure, real-time state sync, or content delivery) at the scale of millions of concurrent users. - Deep experience with low-level systems programming in resource-constrained, multi-platform environments (desktop, mobile, console). - Exceptional skills working and communicating cross-functionally with peer teams, internal/external customers, partners, and executives. - Nice to have: background in game engine development, game networking, asset streaming/caching, or transport-level networking (custom protocols, congestion control, QoS, Linux networking). **You Are:** - Driven to understand how systems work at every layer—from the network stack to the game engine—and to find root causes. - Fluent in C++; expected to be deeply technical and able to dig into code. - Curious and eager to keep learning (new protocols, platforms, and unfamiliar codebases). - A leader who builds collaborative, high-performing teams where engineers feel safe to take risks, speak up, and learn from mistakes. **Pay Transparency (HQ: San Mateo, CA):** - Annual base salary range: **$293,800 — $343,340 USD** - Equity compensation and benefits are also available. **Work Schedule (Office-based roles):** - Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (optional presence Monday and Friday, unless otherwise noted). Roblox is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process.
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