Roblox

Senior Software Engineer, Runtime

Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States

Posted 28 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
28 days
Roblox's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Roblox's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Roblox
low
0 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
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Runtime team at Roblox, you will focus on the Concurrency system, taking ownership of the task scheduler, fiber runtime, and async APIs. Your role involves researching and implementing performance improvements for the engine, debugging production failures across various platforms, and collaborating with other teams on concurrency-related challenges.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Strong modern C++ (C++17 or newer) in a large, complex production codebase
  • Deep multithreading/concurrency experience — schedulers, thread pools, lock-free programming, atomics, memory models
  • Comfort profiling and reasoning about performance at the OS/CPU level

Nice to have

  • Game engine or real-time systems experience
  • Fiber/coroutine runtimes, work-stealing or job-system schedulers
  • Cross-platform low-level development (Android, iOS, console)
  • Track record as the go-to expert other teams consult on a system

What you get

  • Equity compensation
  • Benefits as described in the posting

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options beyond the hybrid schedule
  • Salary range provided but subject to change and dependent on various factors
  • Limited information on career growth opportunities within the role

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Listed by Roblox on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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