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.
As a Principal Engineer - Core UI, you will help define features on Roblox client that unlocks a seamless way for people to connect across experiences. From joining a server as a group, to creating fun shareable memories with them, our goal is to make Roblox more fun with moments together. You will work with different teams (matchmaking, chat, voice, and game engine) to expose this capability to other developers. If you are an experienced developer that obsesses about best user experience and feels excited about strengthening relationships through play, you'll be right at home within our skilled and growing team. You will report to a manager on the Core UI team. This is an in-office (hybrid) role in San Mateo, California. #LI-Hybrid
You Are:
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- Experienced: You have 6+ years of experience working on front-end/mobile client (Android, iOS, React Native) platforms with experience building great products. You have a BS in Computer Science, Masters are a definite plus.
- Detailed: Keeping flow simple for users to understand while enumerating through all possible edge cases is something you gravitate towards.
- Knowledgeable: You understand all aspects of designing and building delightful and robust UI.
- Versatile: You have mastered one or more object-oriented languages and technologies already; you react to any situation when the need arises and come up with the right solution.
- Creative: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems and driving new tools/functionality for our developers.
- Team-oriented: You can work well as part of a team and know how to collaborate with all participants to develop the best solutions. You are happy to share your knowledge with everyone on the team.
You Will:
- Build first class user facing features that are deployed to different platforms (mobile, desktop).
- Help level up client platform development by creating components.
- Always think about how we can improve our processes and structure to enforce quality while we iterate quickly on feature development.
- Collaborate with product and design to push the boundary of what is possible.
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy
- 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
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