Senior Software Engineer - UGC, Creator Platform

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.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Software Engineer on the UGC - Creator Platform team, you will lead engineering efforts to build products that empower creators on the Roblox Marketplace. In this position, you will focus on streamlining the creation process and developing a robust suite of features for the UGC Creators. The team empowers users to create and sell items on the Roblox Marketplace while ensuring a healthy supply of Virtual Items. Through dynamic pricing, analytical insights, and proactive marketplace management, we enable creators to thrive and maintain a vibrant ecosystem.

With over 100 million daily active users (and growing), we are looking for an experienced engineer to join us that's passionate about designing and building scalable systems.

You are

• Professional with 7+ years of experience building and shipping consumer products and service applications.

• Experienced in working with backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Python, or C#.

• Proficient in distributed systems, API design, and microservices architecture.

• Proven technical leader and mentor

• Skilled at breaking down product requirements into iterative, deliverable stages and have a proven history of successful execution and delivery

You will

• Drive the development of innovative products that empower UGC creators, directly contributing to their success.

• Take ownership of the full feature lifecycle, from conception to deployment, delivering scalable and resilient solutions.

• Elevate code quality and architectural standards

• Collaborate with product and design to push the boundary of what is possible

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 as described on .

Annual Salary Range

$238,520—$289,460 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

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.