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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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