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.

The Creator Services Platform team is responsible for the public web, HTTP API surface of Roblox. We provide the basis for community developers to automate and build upon our platform. To achieve this, we operate the internal systems for product teams at Roblox to expose their APIs, authorize access to them, publish docs, and communicate with users. As a Principal Software Engineer, you would be reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager of Creator Services. 

We’re solving the challenge of building a great API for the whole of Roblox while balancing interesting tradeoffs on stability vs. availability.

You Will:

Architect the future of our systems - authorization, documentation, client bindings, automatic smoke testing Care deeply about building a quality product - by engineers, for engineers. Prefer to ship incrementally, talk to creators, and make positive contributions you can be proud of every week, month and quarter. Mentor and grow a team of several engineers, leading by example. There is opportunity for this role to pivot to the engineering management career track. Have the opportunity to contribute to the broader company mission goals by accelerating creation tasks

You Have:

Experience: 8+ years of experience in building complex, cross-team systems that impact millions of users' lives. 2+ years of experience in a ‘tech lead’ role as an independent contributor. Experience understanding and shaping the goals for any feature you build - ultimately generating value for yourself and Roblox as a Builder. No fear of jumping into unfamiliar codebases and areas to get stuff done and achieve product goals. Empathy: Your team and peers look forward to working with you. Juniors look up to you as an inspiration. You articulate your technical decisions without ego, aiming to build the best thing and sometimes learn yourself. Drive: When you commit to a project, you are constantly seeking opportunities to make it successful. Other people on the project rally around your focus. You become the domain expert and are perpetually seeking ways to hone your craft. Familiarity with authentication, authorization, IAM (identity and access management) etc. A strong grasp of HTTP fundamentals A solid understanding of web security - e.g. CORS, CSP, same origin policy, OWASP top 10, etc.

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$289,460—$338,270 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

Industry-leading compensation package Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage A rewarding 401k program Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status) 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

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.