Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Platforms (Frontend)
Job Summary
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.
About the Role
You will develop and support the Roblox client application for Gaming Consoles, PC, and Mac platforms. You will architect and implement intuitive frontend experiences specifically optimized for 10ft interfaces and controller navigation. You will leverage Luau to build high-performance, scalable UI frameworks and application logic. You will work with Product and Design to ensure the product embodies the shared vision and maintains a premium "living room" feel. You will use best programming and testing practices, writing unit and integration tests for complex frontend workflows. You will build the best features used by millions of users, focusing on responsiveness, accessibility, and scriptable UI. You will take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle. You will work with our Xbox and PlayStation counterparts to ensure feature parity and platform-specific UI excellence.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in developing complex applications, with a heavy emphasis on frontend architecture and 10ft UI/UX design
- Proficiency in modern C++ and deep expertise in Luau (or other modern frontend scripting language)
- Extensive experience building dynamic user interfaces that feel native to a television and console environment
- Comfort using metrics and logging to analyze UI performance, feature engagement, and user patterns
- The ability to shift focus and enjoy working outside your comfort zone
- A collaborative spirit; you work with and inspire others around you, taking on tasks for the greater team
Qualifications
- Experience with Luau (or other modern frontend scripting language)
- Experience with C++
- Experience with 10ft UI/UX design
- Experience with dynamic user interface development
- Experience with metrics and logging
Skills
- Frontend architecture
- Luau (or other modern frontend scripting language)
- 10ft UI/UX design
- Dynamic user interface development
- Metrics and logging
Benefits
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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
Pay
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.
Annual Salary Range $196,750—$243,290 USD
Schedule
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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.