Senior Software Engineer, Application Gateway
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Roblox's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Roblox's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Roblox
- high 200 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
- 2026-10-08
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 Senior Software Engineer on the Service Mesh team at Roblox, you will design and build the service mesh infrastructure that enables communication across hybrid Kubernetes and Nomad environments. Your role will involve integrating service mesh technologies, managing traffic policies, and troubleshooting complex issues while mentoring junior engineers. You will also collaborate with internal teams to enhance connectivity and support the strategic initiative of Cloud Bursting.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- 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
- 3+ years of experience in distributed systems
- Strong expertise in service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy, Consul, or Linkerd)
- Knowledge of service mesh concepts: traffic management, service discovery, mTLS, observability, and routing policies
- Experience running Kubernetes in production
- Familiarity with the K8s networking model
- Comfortable working with Envoy proxy internals, xDS APIs, and control plane architectures
What you get
- Equity compensation
- Benefits as described in the posting
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work flexibility outside of the specified onsite days
- Salary range provided but may vary based on various factors
- Potential limitations on visa sponsorship for candidates
Summarised from Roblox's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Roblox on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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