Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to play, learn, work, and socialize in immersive digital experiences created by the community. Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is what’s known as the metaverse: a persistent space where anyone can do just about anything they can imagine, from anywhere in the world and on any device. Join us and you’ll usher in a new category of human interaction while solving exceptional challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.
As a Senior Software Engineer for UI Systems on the Roblox game engine team you will work on our state of the art game engine building out User Interface features across all of Roblox. No matter the platform, be it mobile or desktop or VR or consoles, you will help enable our game developers to create engaging experiences with the Roblox community using industry leading algorithms and cutting-edge technology.
Priorities can often change in a real-time environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain engine code that powers all UI features in Roblox games, apps, and studio experiences
- Use common 3D APIs such as Metal, OpenGL or DirectX
- Carry the torch for the future of UI development
- Blaze a path forward for adaptive layout schemes that scale from mobile to 4k monitors
- Work closely with our game developer community and internal Roblox app developers to help achieve their creative UI vision
- Write highly scalable systems that deliver the highest quality experiences possible on high end devices, while maintaining performance on low end devices
- Have fun learning about what makes Roblox an amazing platform and place to work, while contributing to industry leading technologies.
You Are
Minimum Requirements:
- Experienced or have transferrable skills: you've worked extensively in areas like browser/layout engines, game engines or other UI framework development systems. Examples: WebKit, Blink, Gecko, Unreal, Unity, UIKit, Android UI Framework, or your own personal UI framework project!
- Customer Centric: you write systems that can be intuitively understood by developers of varying disciplines, such as engineers, game designers, and UI designers
- Systems-level: 3D math, pointers, templates, and raw blocks of memory are tools to write high-performance code, not your enemies
- Resource-minded: You are familiar with the challenges of working on constrained platforms like consoles or mobile devices
- Responsible: You are thorough in your designs, rigorous in handling potential failure cases, and diligent in automated testing
Extra Points:
- Curious: You are keen to learn and grow. You stay informed about the latest developments in related UI technologies. You spend your time tinkering on your own personal projects around these topics
- Fluent in C++ and Lua
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass