Principal Software Engineer, Creator Hub
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
About this role
**Principal Software Engineer, Creator Hub** Roblox is building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience they can imagine to life—connecting a billion people with optimism and civility. **About Creator Hub (create.roblox.com)** Creator Hub helps millions of Roblox creators discover the tools, resources, and opportunities they need to succeed. From core Hub experiences and search to notifications and the Developer Forum, we help creators find what matters, stay informed, and take action. We’re evolving Creator Hub from a collection of tools into a more connected, contextual workspace that helps creators launch, understand, grow, and operate their games. --- ## What you’ll do - Lead technical direction, architecture, and end-to-end delivery for major Creator Hub product initiatives. - Partner with Product, Design, and engineering leadership to shape the roadmap, evaluate tradeoffs, and turn product goals into actionable technical plans. - Design and evolve full-stack product solutions, including backend services, APIs, and data models that power creator-facing experiences. - Drive technical alignment across product and engineering teams, resolving cross-team dependencies and influencing architectural decisions. - Mentor engineers, strengthen technical ownership, and raise the bar for engineering quality and execution. ## What you have - 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of building and shipping user-facing products. - BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience. - Strong backend engineering experience designing production services, APIs, and data models in C#, Java, Go, or Python. - Experience building full-stack products and working with modern web technologies such as TypeScript, React, or similar frameworks. - Experience as a technical lead—setting direction, driving delivery through multiple engineers, and influencing decisions with Product, Design, and partner teams. ## You are - **Product-minded:** you care about solving real user problems and delivering measurable value. - **A hands-on technical leader:** you combine technical depth with sound judgment and help engineers succeed. - **Pragmatic and collaborative:** you navigate ambiguity, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and bring people together to deliver results. --- ## Location / schedule (HQ roles) Roles based at our headquarters in **San Mateo, CA** are onsite **Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday**, with optional presence on **Monday and Friday** (unless otherwise noted). ## Compensation (HQ roles) **Annual Salary Range:** **$295,250 — $345,040 USD** All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and benefits as described on https://careers.roblox.com/total-rewards. --- Roblox is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process. For US-based roles only: the company may not be able to employ candidates for certain US visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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