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Senior Software Engineer, Service Mesh

Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 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 Senior Software Engineer on the Service Mesh team at Roblox, you will design and build the service mesh infrastructure that facilitates communication across hybrid Kubernetes and Nomad environments. Your role involves integrating service mesh technologies, managing traffic policies, and enabling cloud bursting for core services. You will also mentor junior engineers and troubleshoot complex service mesh issues, ensuring a reliable and efficient networking foundation for Roblox's applications.

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

  • 6+ years of experience in distributed systems
  • Strong expertise in service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy, Consul, or Linkerd)
  • Deep knowledge of service mesh concepts: traffic management, service discovery, mTLS, observability, and routing policies
  • Experience running Kubernetes in production and familiarity with the K8s networking model
  • Comfortable working with Envoy proxy internals, xDS APIs, and control plane architectures
  • Fluent in Go, C/C++, or Rust

What you get

  • Equity compensation
  • Benefits as described in the posting

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond the office days stated
  • Salary range provided but dependent on various factors, which may lead to variability
  • Position requires on-site presence three days a week, with optional attendance on other days

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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