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Roblox

Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Acceleration

Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
77 days
Roblox's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Roblox's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Roblox
high
231 stale, 9 reposted of 234 open
Hiring momentum
313 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Roblox's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Roblox.

About this role

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Engineering Acceleration team at Roblox, you will lead the technical direction for enhancing the development experience of over 2000 engineers. Your role involves architecting software solutions that improve productivity, defining the long-term vision for source code management and CI infrastructure, and integrating AI technologies to streamline engineering processes. You will also mentor engineers and drive cross-functional initiatives to elevate the overall engineering culture.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Roblox as an employer.

What you need

  • 9+ years of software engineering experience
  • Experience owning developer productivity, build infrastructure, or internal developer platform systems at scale
  • Experience with end-to-end design, launch, and evolution of tools or systems used by other developers at scale
  • Deep knowledge of source control and/or CI tools and infrastructure
  • Experience with common cloud and hosting technologies, particularly AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Hashistack
  • Fluency in at least one common programming language (C#, Python, Go, Java)

Nice to have

  • Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Artifactory

What you get

  • Equity compensation
  • Benefits as described on the company's page

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond onsite requirements
  • Salary range provided but subject to change and dependent on various factors
  • No mention of specific team size or structure beyond the total number of engineers at Roblox

Summarised from Roblox's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Roblox on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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