Roblox is looking to improve and scale its core monetization systems, specifically the Robux virtual currency systems, which are responsible for the majority of the company's revenue and process billions of transactions annually.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience developing and supporting highly available and large-scale backend systems in production.
- 2+ years of experience leading large projects with 5+ engineers.
- Experience in consumer-facing products
- Experience working in monetization platforms, fintech or gaming industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects with the highest economic impact and visibility.
- Drive engineering vision for highly scalable and cutting-edge solutions.
- Develop highly scalable systems for our creators to optimize their revenue within Roblox.
- Work cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and designers to define requirements and roadmap.
- Improving and scaling Roblox core monetization systems.
- Own all aspects of Robux, Roblox’s Virtual Currency.
- Manage the several Purchasing surfaces and the Robux foundation systems, a platform to enable Purchasing Transactions and related reporting systems.
Other
- Help recruit future talent for the team.
- The ideal candidate is someone with extensive experience in backend distributed systems, capable of working independently and the leadership skills to set direction within the team.
- Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
- All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
- 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.
