Senior Applications Engineer, Avatar Marketplace

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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 Senior Applications Engineer on the Avatar Market User Journey team, you will use the Roblox game engine to build experiences that push the boundaries of our avatar technology, and build creative applications that make Roblox avatars simple and delightful to use. You will tackle the biggest projects, provide technical leadership, and coordinate with teams across Roblox to build systems used by tens of millions of monthly players and developers.

You are passionate about building outstanding user experiences from both usability and performance perspectives. You'll work with Roblox Game Engine technologies integrating functionality into the Roblox version of Lua called Luau. Experience with game development is especially translatable into this team and role.

You Will:

  • Provide technical leadership on large projects with complex multi-team dependencies
  • Implement and maintain engine-level Marketplace APIs used by the developer community
  • Contribute to the mobile app in Lua
  • Write high-quality, performant code
  • Refactor and improve our existing codebase
  • Improve system reliability, performance, and test coverage
  • Work with numerous teams to help build the world's best user generated gaming platform

You Have:

  • 6+ years of professional experience working on consumer-facing games or applications
  • Experience working on character building / customization systems, editors, or content creation tools
  • Experience building online console or mobile game titles
  • Experience with Lua or other embedded languages

You Are:

  • Proficient in C++, data structures, algorithms, and networking
  • Experienced in technical leadership on large projects with multiple dependent teams
  • Adaptable: You are able to shift focus and enjoy working outside your comfort zone
  • A team-player: You work with and inspire others around you, driving projects for the greater team

 

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.  All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
Annual Salary Range
$233,840—$283,780 USD

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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