Software Engineer, User Sharing

Software Engineer, User Sharing at Roblox

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer on the User Sharing team you will help build the foundation for how users capture, share, and discover content across Roblox. This includes bringing moments (experiences) directly to the homepage driving game discovery, user engagement and retention through content sharing.

You Have

• Minimum of 1 year of experience building software systems (industry experience)
• Strong coding fundamentals in one or more languages such as C++, TypeScript, React, C#, Java, or similar
• Experience working on either frontend (e.g., React, UI systems) or backend (e.g., APIs, services)
• Basic understanding of system design concepts (e.g., APIs, data storage, scalability)
• Ability to break down problems and deliver solutions with increasing autonomy
• Good communication skills and willingness to collaborate with cross-functional partners
• A growth mindset and eagerness to learn from feedback

You Will

• Build and ship user-facing features and backend services that power content creation and sharing across Roblox
• Own end-to-end projects (1–3 months) with guidance, from design to launch and iteration
• Improve existing systems by identifying inefficiencies and contributing to reliability, performance, and scalability
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and contribute actively to code reviews
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (product, design, data) to deliver high-quality features
• Document technical decisions and communicate clearly with teammates and stakeholders
• Participate in technical discussions and contribute ideas to improve your team’s domain
• Support and learn from peers, while beginning to mentor interns or newer engineers

You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer.

Compensation & Benefits

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range: $153,120—$212,490 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Equal Opportunity Statement

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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

Key skills/competency

• Software Engineering
• User Sharing Features
• Backend Development
• Frontend Development
• System Design
• C++
• TypeScript
• React
• APIs
• Scalability