3h ago
Principal Software Engineer, Sharing
San Mateo, CA, United States
$295,250-$345,040 / year
full-timeseniorvideo games
Tech Stack
Description
You will shape the technical direction for how millions of users capture, share, and discover content on Roblox. You'll lead design of large-scale backend systems, drive technical vision, and mentor engineers to build scalable and reliable systems.
Requirements
- 8+ years building large-scale backend systems in C++, C#, Java, or similar
- Deep experience designing distributed systems, scalable APIs, and high-throughput backend services
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams or systems
- Strong experience mentoring engineers and guiding teams through system design and architecture decisions
- Experience working on consumer-facing platforms at scale with millions of users
Responsibilities
- Define and drive technical vision for large-scale backend systems powering content creation, sharing, and consumption
- Lead design and evolution of scalable distributed services handling billions of content interactions daily
- Guide and mentor engineers, raising bar for system design, code quality, and operational excellence
- Partner with product, infrastructure, and safety teams to shape cross-team architecture
- Identify systemic challenges across teams and drive long-term technical improvements
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